Table 3.
Scores of top ten stressors (mean ± SD).
| Stressors | Dimensions | Scores |
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| The patient's condition changes dramatically or dies when the doctor or the instructor is not present | Nature and content of the job | 3.63 ± 1.11 |
| Needlestick injuries at work | Nature and content of the job | 3.58 ± 1.06 |
| Nursing patients with AIDS, tuberculosis, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, etc. | Nature and content of the job | 3.56 ± 1.06 |
| Patient death | Nature and content of the job | 3.28 ± 1.17 |
| Nursing patients with violent tendencies | Nature and content of the job | 3.24 ± 1.11 |
| An overwhelming amount of work and physical exhaustion | Workload | 3.05 ± 1.12 |
| Irregular working hours and working in middle and night shifts and holidays | Workload | 3.00 ± 1.16 |
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| Worries about not finding a satisfactory job | Conflict between study and work | 2.95 ± 1.15 |
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| Doing nonnursing jobs which are mostly trivial things | Role orientation | 2.92 ± 1.14 |
| Seeing patients suffering from illness | Nature and content of the job | 2.85 ± 0.97 |