A STUDY ON THE WORK STRESS OF MEDICAL NURSES Krishna.N*; Dr.Seena Gopinathan**
TABLE 11 SUGGESTIONS FOR REDUCING WORK STRESS
Sl. No Suggestions for relieving work stress Percentage of respondents*
1 Limiting the duties to nursing responsibilities alone
68
2 Employers should be empathetic to nursing staff
44
3 Increasing the ratio of the nurses to patients 38 * Multiple responses
With respect to the suggestions given by nurses for relieving work stress, it was noticed from Table 11 that majority of 68 per cent of them suggested limiting their duties to nursing responsibilities alone. A significant 44 per cent suggested that employers should be empathetic to nursing staff and 38 per cent of them suggested increasing the ratio of the nurses to patients, as a measure of relieving work stress.
CONCLUSION
Stress in nurses is an endemic problem and is on the rise. Stress among nurses contributes to health problems and decreases their work efficiency. Organizations must be sensitive to the dual stress of home and work faced by nurses. The healthcare set ups should acknowledge the problem and take preemptive steps to tackle the growing menace of chronic stress among the nurses who are expected to give sensitive quality patient care.
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A s i a n J o u r n a l o f
M u l t i d i m e n s i o n a l
R e s e a r c h
( A J M R )
( D ou b l e B li n d R ef e r e e d & R e vi e w e d I n te r n a ti on a l J ou r n a l )UGC A PPRO VED JO URN AL
RESOURCE EMPOWERMENT OF TRIBAL WOMEN IN
SENGUTTAIYUR, COIMBATORE DISTRICT, TAMIL NADU.
Ms.Kamini Krishna Kumari.M*; Visalakshi Rajeswari.S**
*Ph.D Scholar,
Department of Women Studies Center, **Professor & Head,
Department of Resource Management, Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and
Higher Education for Women, Coimbatore, INDIA.
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ABSTRACT
The women in present situation are proving considerable growth and development in their daily walks of life but still there are several people who need much care for their resource enhancement and empowerment. One among the minority groups who need much emphasis are tribal women. In tribal communities, the role of women is substantial and crucial. Tribal women play a significant role in the social and economic development of tribal communities as they contribute in various social, economical and cultural activities and recently they have also shown considerable contribution in political field, yet access to resources that can enhance their potential is found to be low. In this study an attempt was made to analyse the level of empowerment of tribal women reflecting their access to resources. The sample belonged to Senguttaiyur „Irular‟ tribal village in Coimbatore District, Tamil Nadu and included 54 tribal women selected by convenience sampling. The data was collected by administering a published scale. Empowerment level of selected sample in all aspects was evident when their status of resourcefulness was found out. The findings pointed out that they were empowered only upto 22 per cent in terms of social and cultural aspects, and showed low level empowerment 13 per cent and 18 per cent respectively in terms of economic and psychological aspects.
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INTRODUCTION:
According to the Census of India 2011 the tribals constitute 8.6 per cent of the total population It has shown a steady increase in tandem with total population. Tribal women definitely are considered unique as they are the custodians for sustaining the tribal community.
Source: https://tribal.nic.in/ST/StatisticalProfileofSTs2013.pdf (Retrieved on 24 Jan 2018)
The principle of gender equality is enshrined in the Indian Constitution in its Preamble, Fundamental Rights, Fundamental Duties and Directive Principles. The Preamble of our Constitution not only grants equality to women but also empowers the state to adopt measures of positive discrimination in favour of women for safeguard. Articles 14, 15, 15(3), 16, 39(a), 39(c), 39(d) and Article 42 of the Indian Constitution are of specific importance in this regard. Empowerment is viewed as the process of gaining control over one‘s lives including the control over one‘s material assets, ideologies and intellectual resources (Statistical Profile of Scheduled Tribes in India, 2013). It is also defined as the power of awareness and conscientization towards enhancing and building capacities that lead to greater participation by the individual in acquiring power on effective decision making and effective transformative action. Empowerment of women means to enhance and assert in the women themselves to take up the ‗gender roles‘ assigned to them irrespective of the cultural setup of the society. This goal for tribal women is advocated by the Ministry by focusing on working for a holistic empowerment.
Previewing the legislations, to remove gender bias and bringing up new legal measures to meet the social and economic empowerment of women especially the tribal women is recommended. The constitutional provisions of the Government of India through its five year plans support tribal women in their growth and development (Ministry of Tribal Affairs, GOI, 2015), yet they face several challenges in their daily walks of life. Studies on how far such efforts have filtered to a minority group in a specific geographical area is also a felt lacuna.