ABSTRACT

CORELATION BETWEEN WORK LOAD WITH WORK STRESS OF

NURSE AT EMERGENCY ROOM AND NURSE IN THE PATIENT WARD
Cross Sectional
In Emergency room and In Patient Ward at
Bitung Generally Hospital.
By FRANS FRANGKY RUMTHE

Everyman could experience work stress without realizes it or at least

refuses to admit it. Stress work is experienced by any one of all coats. In world
work stress's causative of many things, and one of the many things is work load
effect, well be and also heavy that in reference to working condition which charge
in physical and also mental any time and any where.
Work load can be seen of two viewpoints, which is subjectively and
objectively. Work load objectively is overall time which be used or total activity
that is done. Work load subjective is size one be used by someone to question
about work load which is proposed, about, measure and pressure of work.
This research aimed to analyze correlation work load with work stress of
nurse at emergency room and nurse in patient ward in Emergency room and
Patient Ward at Bitung Generally Hospital.
Design of this research was cross sectional study, the population are all of
nurse, it has done in February to March 2010. Samples are 36 members who
included in criteria. The data collected with observation and questioner, then
analyzed with spearman rank test, and significant level at < 0,005.
The result showed there was correlation between work load with work
stress of nurse at emergency room and nurse in the patient ward in Emergency
room and In Patient Ward at Bitung Generally Hospital level of member with
significant level p: 0,001 and coefficient correlation r : 0,825 to nurse in
emergency room and for nurse in the patient ward the level of member with
significant level p:0,002 with coefficient correlation r : 0,597.
It can be concluded, there are Correlation between work load with work
stress to nurse at the generally hospital of Bitung. So recommended to this
observational result that nurse in emergency room with moderate work load is
tending experiences stress job in level moderate too. And for the nurse in the
patient ward with moderate work load affectively experience demulcent work
stress.
Key words : Work Load, Work Stress, Associate Nurse

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