Abstract

Background and Purpose: Nurses are of the group involved in the medical and health care sectors for the sustainable development of health in human societies that are constantly facing various types of stresses of the workplace which lead to their burnout, job dissatisfaction and job changes. The present research, in this regard was conducted to identify the stressors in the workplace and usage extend of the coping strategies for the clinical nurses of Larestan county. Material and Methods: All of the practicing clinical nurses of the medical centers in Larestan county were selected and studied through census method in this descriptive cross sectional study. Collection tool was a demographic data form, realized scale of the stressors for nurses and strategies for coping with stress. In the end, Chi-square and Fisher's tests were used in order to analyze the assumptions. Results: In this research, 79.8% of the nurses had stages of moderate to severe stress. Among the occupational stressors, managerial and caring factors had a high stress intensity. Moreover, with older age and working in the intensive care units such as surgery section or children section or emergency and ICU, the intensity of psychological stress was increased (P<0.05). On the other hand, accepting the issue, hope in future for improvement of the status and emotional drain were the most common positive coping strategies utilized by the nurses, respectively.  As the negative coping strategies, however, increased eating, anger and aggression were the most frequent among the nurses. Conclusion: Considering the sensitivity of nursing and the achieved results here, it is suggested that with identifying the stressors and controlling them, also with training adaptability skills and creating a comfortable and favorable atmosphere, we can decrease burnout and psychological tension among the nurses.