A study was conducted on stress among district nurses: a preliminary investigation identified five major factors as the stress faced by the nurses like a demands of the job and lack of communication, working environment, problem with the patients, work/home interface, social life, career development and middot; The highest levels of satisfaction were reported
for the amount of variety in their job and lowest level of job satisfaction was reported for chance of promotion. The results revile that the mental wellbeing of the nurses was higher than
that of other population groups and middot: Further there more multivariate analysis revealed three major stressors that were predictive of high levels of job dissatisfaction demands of the
job and lack of communication, working environment and career development.(Usharani Rout 2000)