Work-related stress-level teaching performance among clinical instructors at a private university college of nursing

Abstract

Teaching is very stressful, and nursing instructors work in a highly demanding environment (Demjaha et al., 2015). This study aimed to determine the relationship between work-related stress level and teaching performance among clinical instructors in a private university college of nursing in Iloilo City, Philippines, during the second semester of academic year 2022-2023. This descriptive-correlational study utilized a researcher-developed questionnaire for the work-related stress level and an adapted questionnaire for teacher’s rating scale questions to determine the clinical instructor's perceived teaching performance of the private university. A pilot study was done and data were subjected to Cronbach’s alpha for its reliability and validity which scored 0.735 and 0.865 respectively. The study covered 69 clinical instructors out of 110 following the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The data collected were analyzed with the use of descriptive analysis and Spearman rho test. The results revealed a strong negative correlation (-0.587) between work-related stress and teaching performance, indicating that higher stress levels corresponded with lower performance. Finally, the low p-value (0.000) confirmed a significant relationship between stress levels and teaching performance which rejected the hypothesis of the study.