Abstract
Stress is one of the most common causes of ill health in the
society which is probably the reason for as many as 70% of all
visits to health facilities. Stress is an ineffective and unhealthy
reaction to change. This study explored stress in the workplace
of nurses and midwives in Irepodun Local Government Area of
Kwara State, Nigeria. Among the stressors found in the nurses’
workplace were long hours of work, use of new technology, job
security and promotion, shift work and schedule of duty and
work overload. It is then recommended that nurses and
midwives must identify their limitations and should develop
both quantitative and qualitative adaptive behavioural responses
so that they would be able to cope favourably with workplace
stressors. If they effectively take care of themselves, then they
will be able to take care of their clients/patients and meet the
demands of their teeming consumers.
Joel Adeleke Afolayan, Bolanle Aduke Dairo. (2009) Stress in the workplace of Nurses and Midwives in Nigeria , Journal of Behavioural Sciences, Volume 19, Issue 1-2.
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