Abstract
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.
Highlights
Selye (1956), a Canadian physician, conceptualized the “stress response” and conducted a study on how it worked after observing patients’ responses to the stress of hospitalization
The authors revealed in this study that self-care is important to maintain a healthy lifestyle.This study evaluated the effect of the self-care program on nursing students
This study suffers from a weakness, which has resulted due to it being conducted among nursing students of a single university
Summary
Selye (1956), a Canadian physician, conceptualized the “stress response” and conducted a study on how it worked after observing patients’ responses to the stress of hospitalization. In addition to coping with the day-to-day stress, nursing students must deal with stress specific to their roles and situations. Their stress is evident through work overburden, financial issues, lack of free time, work overload, relationship issues, and wrong career choices. Shanker (2017) explained through his research that Americans were under great stress They were found registering on the American Psychological Association’s anxiety meter more often about their stress issues due to different factors. There were three main reasons for stress: money, work, and the economy These factors clearly had a direct impact on the citizens.Younger people were found worried about financial issues, older ones about their job retirement, and it seems that everyone is worried about the economic prospects of the upcoming generation
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