Purposes: The aim of the study to identify the stress levels of staff nurses working in General ward and Operation theatre.
Methods: The study employed a non experimental design with a purposive sample of 64 participants. Data were collected by questionnaire.
Results: Majority [65.6%] of the nurses working in operation theatre were facing moderate level of stress followed by [34.8%] of the nurses faces mild levels of stress. Similarly around 65.2% of nurses in general ward nurses also were facing moderate levels of stress followed by 34.37%of nurses suffering from mild level of stress.
Conclusion: study shown that there is no difference in the stress faced by general ward and operation theatre nurses. Both areas have equal percentage of stress levels among nurses.
