Stress Management Training for Nursing Professionals in a Tertiary Care Center in Nepal

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if stress management programs can help alleviate existing and prevent future symptoms of stress in nursing professionals working in a tertiary care center in Nepal. Researchers will compare the treatment group (exposed to stress management training) to the control group (not exposed to stress management training) to see if 1. Stress management sessions lead to reduction of levels of stress among nurses at tertiary level hospital in Nepal. 2. To compare the pre and post training stress levels among participants of intervention and control group Participants will Fill out the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale 21 and the Perceived Stress Scale before either being exposed to a 4-session stress management training (treatment group) or not being exposed to such training (control). All participants (both groups) will fill out the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale 21 and the Perceived Stress Scale for pre-post comparative measure.

Inclusion Criteria: * Nurses employed at the Dhulikhel Hospital * Minimum one year work experience * Minimum qualification certificate level of nursing * Fluent in spoken and written English Exclusion Criteria: * Nurses with the post of nurse manager and above * Nursing Students * History having undergone stress management training in the past * Absent for one or more sessions * Incidence of a major stressful/critical life event during the study (e.g., divorce, death, and other critical events)