Abstract
Efficacy of Stress Management Program on the level of perceived stress and Coping Strategies among Baccalaureate Nursing Students
Highlights
Nursing is a challenging profession with persistent levels of stress that lead to high attrition rates observed among newly graduated nurses; attrition that adversely influences patient care and increases costs (1)
Regarding task oriented coping strategy, It can be noticed that the mean score of the task-oriented coping strategy increased from 35.940±11.172 pre- intervention to 38.730 ±7.402post- intervention with a statistically significant difference (t=2.990 p=0.004).On the other hand, the mean score of emotion- focused coping and avoidance-focuse dcoping decreased from 48.250±12.761 pre- intervention to 43.180±12.654 post intervention with a highly statistically significant difference (t=5.121 p=0.001) and 44.130 ±10.766 pre- intervention to41.970± 12.523 post intervention with a highly statistically significant difference(t=3.503 p=0.001) respectively Table (5) demonstrated the correlation between perceived stress and coping strategies used by nursing students at pre intervention
When the stressful situation is outside a person’s control, or cannot be changed, and or when the person needs to accept reality the emotion focused coping mechanism works best. It works by avoiding negative emotional responses associated with stress such as anxiety, depression, and frustration and this is obvious in the case of the present study where environmental factors had the maximum contribution in causing stress(33).Supporting this explanation a study conducted by Ryan 2013(34) On the other side, emotional involvement with a stressful reality can lead to the use of distancing self from reality as defensive mechanisms, which are ineffective for resolving the stress
Summary
Nursing is a challenging profession with persistent levels of stress that lead to high attrition rates observed among newly graduated nurses; attrition that adversely influences patient care and increases costs (1). Aim: the aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of stress management program on the level of perceived stress and coping strategies among Baccalaureate Nursing Students. Tools of data collection ; three tools were used to collect the data for the study ;University student's perceived stressors questionnaire, Coping inventory of stressful situations and Perceived stress scale Method: The nursing students were divided into subgroups; each subgroup encompassed 15 students (8 students for each researcher). Each subgroup was attending a total of 6 sessions. Results: More than half of the study participants were classified as having a high level of stress and the most used coping strategies were emotion focused and avoidance focused strategy before implementing the program. There was a statistical significant difference in the level of stress and coping strategies used by nursing students among the two phases of the program. Conclusion: The program was effective in reducing stress level and improves coping strategies
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