Workplace stress has long been recognized
as a challenge for the nursing profession. Stress
is perceived when environmental demands
exceed the individual resources. Role-stress
occurs through perceived mismatch between the
expectations of the role and the accomplishment.
1 Lazarus considered stress as the
transaction involving an individual and his or
her environment.2
There is growing body of research about
stress in nursing in addition to some general
indications. For example, occupational mortality
figures in early 1980s indicated that the suicide
rate for female nurses was significantly higher
than national average. In addition, a nurses’ life