CORRELATION BETWEEN LOCUS OF CONTROL WITH STRESS CARE OF NURSES IN HOSPITAL AT SOEBANDI HOSPITAL JEMBER

Nurses are health workers who have an important role in the hospital. Nurses are professionals who have both positive and negative impacts. One of the negative impacts experienced by nurses is the work stress of nurses. Nurse work stress is a situation where nurses experience pressure caused by many tasks and jobs that cannot be fulfilled. In addition to the high workload, locus of control is also one of the factors that influence work stress on nurses. This study aimed to analyze the relationship between locus of control with nurses working stress in patients at dr. Soebandi Jember hospital. This study uses a correlational research design with a cross-sectional approach. A total of 71 respondents used a purposive sampling approach using the locus of control scale and OSI-R (Occupational Stress Inventory-Revised Edition). The statistical test used is Spearman. The results are based on the Kendall Tau statistical test with a p-value of 0.032 and a value of r = -0.249, which means that the relationship between locus of control and occupational nurses’ work stress has a negative correlation direction with a weak correlation strength. A negative correlation shows that the higher the locus of control in nurses, the lower the work stress experienced by nurses. A high locus of control on nurses has a positive impact on the quality of work of nurses, especially in maintaining the emotional care of a nurse in carrying out professional tasks. Therefore the hospital should be able to provide health education programs about the importance of locus of control and work stress on nurses because it can affect the quality of nursing care provided to patients.