The Implementation of Nurses’ Safety during the Covid-19 Pandemic based on Work Stress

Abstract

Nurses' safety is one of the prominent issues during the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic has also given psychological effects to nurses especially work stress. This research aimed to investigate the relationship between work stress and the implementation of nurses' safety. This was a descriptive correlational study with a cross-sectional approach. The samples were 134 nurses in a hospital in Magelang Regency who obtained by purposive sampling. The data were gathered through DASS 21 questionnaire and a questionnaire on nurses' safety practices during the COVID-19 pandemic. Then, the data were analyzed by the Spearman rank tests. The results indicated that there was a significant relationship between work stress and the implementation of nurses' safety (p= 0.000). Nurses who had normal work stress implemented nurses' safety properly.