A study to assess the stress level and coping strategies among 1 year nursing students at Era College of Nursing, Lucknow

Abstract

Stress is a part of everyone life. It is often seen as a negative emotion but stress plays an important role in the survival. It helps to face threats and dangerous situations, makes the individual motivated and can even upgrade the performance. Stress is a physical, mental, or emotional factor that causes bodily or mental tension. Stresses can be external (from the environment, psychological, or social situations) or internal (illness, or from a medical procedure). Anything which is more than enough is harmful for human body. Students who did not develop healthy coping strategies were more likely to experience a higher risk of health problems and anti-social behaviors. A study to assess the stress level and coping strategies among 1 year nursing students at Era College of Nursing, Lucknow.To assess the stress level among 1 year nursing students.To assess the coping strategies among 1 year nursing students.The samples in the present study were nursing students of Era College of Nursing and sample size was 149.Non-Probability purposive sampling technique was used to select the subject for the study. objective 1 shown results were 149 samples included in the presentstudy. They were having moderate level of stress. The mean stress level among student was 18. Objective 2 shown the result were taken 149 sample in our study they were having average level of coping strategies. The mean coping strategies among nursing students was 68.21.The finding of this study suggests that it may valuable to replicate this study: A similar study can be done with a large sample for generalization.