Abstract

Background and Objectives of the Study: Nursing is one of the most stressful occupations dealing with human health and life. Herein, nurses in specialized departments suffer from more stress due to specific reasons. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the occupational stress in nurses working in special wards with an emphasis on psychological well-being and its related factors in the educational health centers of Rasht. Method: This is an analytical cross-sectional study conducted on 187 nurses from the specialized departments of Rasht medical centers who were selected through stratified random sampling. The Personal Information Questionnaire (RIWR), Reef Psychological Well-Being Scale and a nursing occupational stress questionnaire were used as data collection instruments. Data were analyzed through descriptive statistics, Spearman correlation coefficient, Kruskal-Wallis correlation coefficient, and Mann-Whitney logistic regression in SPSS 21. Findings: The results showed that the total score of occupational stress is 40.16 ± 14.57, which was 61% of the nurses with average occupational stress. The total psychological well-being score was 65.5 ± 3.78 and there was no significant relationship between occupational stress and the general well-being score. Also, gastrointestinal diseases (Odds Ratio = 2.82 CI: 95% OR: 1.147-6.969) and autonomy area (odds ratio = 1/25 CI: 95% OR: 1 / 02-1 / 55) and dominance on the environment (OR: 0 / 649-0 / 894 95%: CI oddsRatio = 0.762) and the Reef Psychological Well-being Scale were introduced as the predictors of the occupational stress. Conclusion: According to the results, more extensive studies have been conducted about the sources of stress and investigation of the related areas so that more appropriate psychological working environments can be created and nurses have less stress in caring patients.