scholarly journals Insights from Clinics: Stress among Nursing Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Nawab A Khan ◽  
Suhalia Parveen ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Coping Behavior ◽  
Nursing Schools ◽  
First Year ◽  
Stress Scale ◽  
Study Experience ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Second Year ◽  
And Coping ◽  
Good Environment

This study was carried out to report on the factors promoting nursing students’ stress and their strategies to cope up with the stress situation. Questionnaires were manually distributed to first-year, second-year, third-year, and intern students to check their stress level. The sample was composed of 75 nursing students. Items were rated on a five-point Likert Scale. Stress among nursing students and interns was measured using the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) and Coping Behavior Inventory (CBI). The researchers also gathered data through open-ended questions from 18 intern nursing students. These students were at the completion of their course. This study addresses key issues that will be of interest and benefit to nursing schools that want to tackle and remove the problems of stress among nursing students. It discusses the importance of providing a good environment to students promoting a favorable study experience. This experience may be enhanced by assigning different duties to different departments, which would help in the development of their multitasking skills. This would not be possible without enough support from colleagues and teachers.

scholarly journals Anxiety, Perceived Stress and Coping Strategies in Nursing Students: A Cross-Sectional Correlational Descriptive Study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
María Dolores Onieva-Zafra ◽  
Juan José Fernández-Muñoz ◽  
Elia Fernández-Martínez ◽  
Francisco José García-Sánchez ◽  
Ana Abreu-Sánchez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Clinical Training ◽  
Coping Behavior ◽  
Cognitive Restructuring ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Stress Scale ◽  
And Coping

Abstract Background: Clinical training is recognized as being a stressful experience for many nursing students. The levels of stress and anxiety may increase or decrease during their educational training depending on coping behavior strategies and other factors. The objective of this was to investigate the relationship between anxiety, perceived stress and coping strategies used by nursing students during their clinical training. Methods: A cross-sectional correlational descriptive study. The sample consisted of 190 nursing students enrolled in the Nursing Faculty of Ciudad Real University in Spain. Participants provided data on background characteristics and completed the following instruments: Perceived Stress Scale; State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and Coping Behavior Inventory. Relationships between scores were examined using Spearman’s rho.Results: The mean age of participants was 20.71± 3.89 years (range 18-46 years). One half of the students (47.92%) indicated a moderate level of stress with a mean of Perceived Stress Scale score of 22.78 (±8.54). Veteran nursing students perceived higher levels of stress than novice students. The results showed a significant correlation for perceived stress and state anxiety (r= 0.463, p<.000) and also for trait anxiety (r=0.718, p<.000). There was also a significant relationship between the total amount of perceived stress and the following domains of the coping behavior inventory: problem solving (r =-.452, p<.01), self-criticism(r =.408 p<.01), wishful thinking(r =.459, p<.01), social support(r =-.220, p<.01), cognitive restructuring(r =-.375, p<.01), and social withdrawal(r =.388, p<.01). In the current study, the coping strategy most frequently used by students was problem-solving, followed by social support and cognitive restructuring.Conclusions: Nursing students in our study presented a moderate level of stress and the correlation with anxiety was significant. Nursing teachers and clinical preceptors/mentors should be encouraged to develop programs that could help prepare nursing students to cope with the challenges they are about to face during their clinical placements.

scholarly journals Anxiety, perceived stress and coping strategies in nursing students: a cross-sectional correlational descriptive study

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
María Dolores Onieva-Zafra ◽  
Juan José Fernández-Muñoz ◽  
Elia Fernández-Martínez ◽  
Francisco José García-Sánchez ◽  
Ana Abreu-Sánchez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Clinical Training ◽  
Coping Behavior ◽  
Cognitive Restructuring ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Stress And Coping ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
And Coping

Abstract Background: Although nursing students generally have lesser responsibility in the care of patients compared to professional nurses, clinical training is recognized as being a stressful experience for many students. The study objective was to investigate the relationship between anxiety, perceived stress and coping strategies used by nursing students during their clinical training. Methods: A cross-sectional correlational descriptive study. The sample consisted of 190 nursing students enrolled in the Nursing Faculty of Ciudad Real University in Spain. Participants provided data on background characteristics and completed the following instruments: the Perceived Stress Scale; the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and the Coping Behavior Inventory. Relationships between scores were examined using Spearman’s rho. Results: The mean age of participants was 20.71+ 3.89 years (range 18-46 years). Most students (47.92%) indicated a moderate level of stress with a mean PSS score of 22.78 (±8.54). Veteran nursing students perceived higher levels of stress than novice students. The results showed a significant correlation for perceived stress and state anxiety (r= 0.463, p<.000) and also for trait anxiety (r=0.718, p<.000). There was also a significant relationship between the total amount of perceived stress and the following domains of the Coping Behavior Inventory: problem solving, self-criticism, wishful thinking, social support, cognitive restructuring and social withdrawal. In the current study, the coping strategy most frequently used by students was problem-solving, followed by social support and cognitive restructuring. Conclusions: Nursing teachers and clinical preceptors/mentors should be encouraged to develop programs that could help prepare nursing students to cope with the challenges they are about to face during their clinical placements.

scholarly journals Anxiety, Perceived Stress And Coping Strategies In Nursing Students: A Cross-sectional, Correlational, Descriptive Study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
María Dolores Onieva-Zafra ◽  
Juan José Fernández-Muñoz ◽  
Elia Fernández-Martínez ◽  
Francisco José García-Sánchez ◽  
Ana Abreu-Sánchez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Clinical Training ◽  
Coping Behavior ◽  
Cognitive Restructuring ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Stress Scale

Abstract Background: For many nursing students, clinical training represents a stressful experience. The levels of stress and anxiety may vary during students’ educational training, depending on their ability to adopt behavioral strategies for coping with stress, and other factors. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between anxiety, perceived stress, and the coping strategies used by nursing students during their clinical training. Methods: A cross-sectional correlational descriptive study. The sample consisted of 190 nursing students enrolled in the Nursing Faculty of Ciudad Real University in Spain. Participants provided data on background characteristics and completed the following instruments: the Perceived Stress Scale; the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and the Coping Behavior Inventory. Relationships between scores were examined using Spearman’s rho. Results: The mean age of participants was 20.71± 3.89 years (range 18-46 years). Approximately half of the students (47.92%) indicated a moderate level of stress with a mean Perceived Stress Scale score of 22.78 (±8.54). Senior nursing students perceived higher levels of stress than novice students. The results showed a significant correlation for perceived stress and state anxiety (r= 0.463, p<.000) and also for trait anxiety (r=0.718, p<.000). There was also a significant relationship between the total amount of perceived stress and the following domains of the coping behavior inventory: problem solving (r =-.452, p<.01), self-criticism (r =.408 p<.01), wishful thinking (r =.459, p<.01), social support(r =-.220, p<.01), cognitive restructuring (r =-.375, p<.01), and social withdrawal (r =.388, p<.01). In the current study, the coping strategy most frequently used by students was problem-solving, followed by social support and cognitive restructuring. Conclusions: Nursing students in our study presented a moderate level of stress, in addition there was a significant correlation with anxiety. Nursing teachers and clinical preceptors/mentors should be encouraged to develop programs to help prepare nursing students to cope with the challenges they are about to face during their clinical placements.

The nurse-patient communication: voices from nursing students

2016 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zenobia C.Y. Chan ◽  
Claudia K.Y. Lai
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Patient Communication ◽  
Communication Styles ◽  
First Year ◽  
Master's Students ◽  
Self Reflection ◽  
Second Year ◽  
Reflective Skills

AbstractBackground:Effective communication skills have been found to be one of the pivotal factors in building positive interpersonal relationships. Little is known about nursing undergraduates’ perspectives on communicating with patients.Objective:This study aimed to explore nursing students’ perspectives and experiences of nurse-patient communication in their clinical placement.Methods:The participants included 21 second-year undergraduates and 21 first-year master’s students. Interviews were conducted in Cantonese and then transcribed in Chinese and translated into English. A content analysis approach was adopted to analyze the data.Results:Five themes emerged from the interview data. ‘The necessity of nurse-patient communication’ reveals why the students valued nurse-patient communication. ‘The conversation contents’ describes the content of the conversations that students typically had with patients. The third theme is ‘self-reflection on the nurse-patient communication’. The last two themes, ‘the communication pattern in different hospital settings’ and ‘the obstacles impeding nurse-patient communication’, are about the students’ communication styles in different hospitals and the barriers they encounter.Discussion:To improve students’ communication skills, educators and clinical staff should listen to students, enhance students’ reflective skills and strengthen their confidence.Conclusion:Through understanding students’ difficulties in the nurse-patient communication experience and the skills that they lack, educators can provide them with helpful recommendations to improve their communication skills in clinical practice.Practice implications:The results of this study reveal that students’ nurse-patient communication skills need to be improved.

scholarly journals Use Of Hand-Held Devices With First Year Associate Degree Nursing Students

2011 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 39-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vicky K. Parker ◽  
Lisa Kauffman ◽  
Charlotte McManus ◽  
Sherleena Buchman ◽  
Charmin Miller ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Associate Degree Nursing ◽  
Associate Degree ◽  
Nursing Schools ◽  
Personal Digital Assistants ◽  
First Year ◽  
Clinical Instructor ◽  
Ohio University ◽  
Clinical Instructors ◽  
Associate Degree Nursing Students

The use of personal digital assistants (PDAs), hand-held devices and/or IPod Touches, is becoming widespread in the health care field. Many medical and nursing schools require their students to purchase a PDA prior to the beginning of their classes. PDA’s can carry information directly to the patient’s beside for instant retrieval of information. What does this mean to nursing students and clinical instructors? It means that up-to-date information is available to the student and clinical instructor in seconds, as opposed to searching for a reference book only to find it is outdated and 10 to 15 minutes of valuable time lost. This study identified associate degree nursing students’ use and application in the clinical using PDAs. Results of this study indicated that associate degree nursing students are very satisfied with the use of PDAs in the clinical setting. This study was funded by the Ohio University Regional Faculty Research Fund. 

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