Abstract

Shreejana Bhattarai*, Sharada Pathak and Alisha Joshi

ABSTRACT

Introduction: Work-family conflict (WFC) is an inter-role conflict in which role pressures from the work and family domains leads to varying degree of conflict. Nurses, when experiencing different dimensions of WFC influence the quality of their professional performance. So, this study aims to identify the intensity of work-family conflict among married nurses. Methods:A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted with 90 married nurses selected through non-probability consecutivesampling and the data was collected through structured self-administered questionnaire with standard tool of WFC questionnaire and Brief Cope Questionnaire from 2076/02/19 – 2076/02/32 .The data was analyzed through various descriptive using IBM SPSS 20. Results: The findings of the study revealed that out of 90 married nurses, median age was 25.50 years. Concerning the intensity of WFC, 16.7% reported high intensity of WFC, majority of married nurses 76.6% reported moderate intensity of WFC whereas 6.7% reported low intensity of WFC. Similarly, work interference with family is highest than family interference with work in each of the three dimensions of WFC. Conclusions: It is concluded that the married nurses are experiencing varying degrees of WFC. Therefore, it is essential that health organization authorities should take measures to improve nurses’ professional life quality by intervening effective coping strategies and stress management programme to ensure positive attitude and maintain balance between the conflicting demands of family and work.