Research Method: Descriptive Design.

Includes bibliographical references.

Title Page -- Approval Sheet -- Acknowledgement -- Dedication -- Abstract -- Table of Contents -- Chapter 1: The Problem and its Setting -- Chapter 2: Review of Related Literature and Studies -- Chapter 3. Methodology -- Chapter 4. Presentation, Analysis and Interpretation -- Chapter 5. Summary, Conclusions and Recommendations -- Bibliography -- Appendices -- Curriculum Vitae .

The focus of the study was the experience of novice nurses with regard to stress when they were first assigned to hospital work. It also covered their perceptions on the early signs of work-related stress in terms of several factors , like dissatisfaction with work, loss enthusiasm and energy, fatigue, sleep disturbance and escape activities.