Abstract :
Nursing by its nature is an occupation which is prone to high degree of stress level and busy schedule.
This study was done to assess the time management and stress among nursing staff and to assess the
correlation between time management and stress among nurses. This was a descriptive study conducted
in the selected wards of tertiary care hospital (Psychiatry Ward, Advance Trauma Centre, Advance Eye
Centre, Maternity Ward, Communicable Disease Ward, Advance Pediatrics Centre). Data was collected
by using socio-demographic profile, Nurses Time management Inventory for Personal life, Nurses Time
Management Inventory for Professional life, Nursing Stress Inventory. The data was analyzed using SPSS
(Version 20.0). The study revealed that about 60% of the subjects were having moderate personal time
management while 55% of subjects were having moderate time management in professional life. 79%
of the subjects were often stressed at working place and 38% of the subjects stated that they were very
stressful. This study revealed the correlation between the time management and nursing stress which is
significant at the 0,01 level. This showed that the time management and stress are inversely proportional
to each other i.e. the low will be the time management; the greater will be the stress.
Keyword :
Nursing, Stress, Time management