background managing and coping with occupational stress as a recognized problem in the modern era, is vital and important. nursing is by nature a stressful occupation. continuous and long-term stress can result in physical, psychological, and behavioral problems in nurses. we aimed to assess occupational stress in nurses working in surgical, internal and psychiatric wards in teaching hospitals ...

Background: Internal medicine consultants are frequently asked to evaluate patients' tolerance against the stress of an intended surgical operation. Classification of surgical operations to mild, moderate and major is based on the morbidity and mortality rates due to the procedure, duration of procedure and underlying risk factors of the patient. Body response to surgical stress is via some hor...