IJCRRI Journ Cur Res ReInternational Journal of Current Research and ReviewI Journ Cur Res Re2231-21960975-5241Radiance Research Academy3801http://dx.doi.org/10.31782/IJCRR.2021.SP213HealthcareStress in Nursing Professionals Who Work in Three Hospital Institutions That Care for Patients with COVID-19 In Lima, Peru PSRosaMSHernanMSEduardoRAAnika11062021WaOV9397This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 20092009This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.

Background: Stress in nursing professionals is one of the predictors generated by the care patients with COVID-19 and their ability to cope is important to provide good care. Objective: To determine stress nursing professionals who work in three Hospital Institutions that care for patients with COVID - 19 in Lima. Methods: It is a quantitative, non-experimental, descriptive, cross-sectional study with a total population of 329 nursing professionals, who answered a survey with sociodemographic data and the Nursing Stress Scale. Results: We observe that 97 (29.5%) of nursing professionals present low stress, 173 (52.6%) medium stress and 59 (17.9%) high stress. Conclusion: It is concluded, the detection of mental and emotional problems will allow the development of prevention strategies to protect the psychological well-being of nursing professionals.

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