Relationship between Sources of Stress and Work Performance among Nurses Working in Psychiatric Hospital

Background: Stress, up to a certain point, will improve psychiatric nurse’s work performance and their quality of life because it is healthy but if stress becomes excessive, it loses its beneficial effect and becomes harmful. Aim of the study: The study aimed to determine relation between sources of stress and work performance among the nurses working in psychiatric hospital.Research design: Descriptive design was used in this study. Setting: This study wasconducted at Psychiatric Mental Health and Treating Addiction Hospital in Benha city, QalubiaGovernorate. Subject: Convenient sample from psychiatric nurses, Total sample was (220) nurses(85 females and 135 male) from the previous study setting. Tools: Three tools were used for datacollection. Tool (1): A structured interviewing questionnaire. Tool (2): Occupational stressorsscale. Tool (3): Employee work performance scale. Results: More than two-fifth of the studiednurses had severe occupational stress, while more than half of the studied nurses had unsatisfactorylevel of work performance. Conclusion: There was a negative highly statistically significant correlation between work performance and occupational stressors. Recommendations: Designing a psycho-educational program for nurses and continuous intervention programs in psychiatric hospitalsthat provide proper information about how to cope with stress