Stress level in nursing professionals in a hospital center during the COVID-19 pandemic

• Asencios-Trujillo, Lucia ^[1] ; Asencios-Trujillo, Lida ^[1] ; La Rosa-Longobardi, Carlos ^[1] ; Gallegos-Espinoza, Djamila ^[1] ; Piñas-Rivera, Livia ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad Nacional de Educación Enrique Guzmán y Valle

     Universidad Nacional de Educación Enrique Guzmán y Valle

     Perú

     
• Localización: Health Leadership and Quality of Life, ISSN-e 3008-8488, Vol. 3, Nº. 0, 2024 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Health Leadership and Quality of Life)
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Stress is all psychoemotional tension experienced by nursing professionals during the coronavirus pandemic, therefore, the objective of this research is to determine the level of stress in nursing professionals of a hospital center during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is a quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional and non-experimental study, with a population of 127 nursing professionals, who completed a questionnaire of sociodemographic data and the nursing stress scale. In their results, 12.6% (n=16) of nurses have high stress, 40.9% (n=52) medium stress and 46.5% (n=59) low stress. In conclusion, it is necessary to create programs oriented to mental health, training in resilient skills and coping strategies towards stress.