Clinical Value of Antioxidant Enzymes and Oxidative Biomarkers in Psoriasis

Nurse Stress Scale (NSS): Reliability and validity of the Turkish version

“…Nurses are an important force in the delivery of health services, and they are the health professionals who spend the most time with patients. 33 The studies regarding the stressors demonstrated that nurses work more than 40 hours a week 17 and they are unable to adequately meet the needs of patients or to perform nursing care due to the excessive workload. 34 In this study, "Workload" ranked second most stressful situation in nurses after "Uncertainty Concerning Treatment," which proved the result obtained.…”

“…In the literature, the stress experienced by nurses has been evaluated with scales defined as general stress meter that are not only specific to nursing but used in various professions. 7,[16][17][18][19][20][21] In the national field, a scale directly related to stress experienced by nurses has not been encountered in the literature, and the existing scales mostly cover education period of nursing students such as nursing education stress scale, 22 perceived stress scale. 23 The current national and international studies specific to stress in nurses report that the stress experienced in the nursing profession with human contact is intense 20,24 ; it decreases job satisfaction, it causes fatigue, burnout and depression and stress-related diseases 25,26 ; and it is necessary to take measures quickly by determining the level of stress regardless of the unit the nurses work.…”