Relation between Time Management Skills and Stress Level among Fourth Year Students at Faculty of Nursing

Abstract

Background: In the highly competitive world today's nursing students had to achieve high goals in less time which lead to high level of stress among students especially due to the nature of study in nursing and having continuous examination. Thus, students can limit their academic stress by use of effective time management. Aim: the aim of this study was to assess the relation between time management skills and stress level among fourth year students at Faculty of Nursing. Design: Descriptive correlational research design was used to achieve the aim of the current study. Subjects: of this study compromised convenient fourth year nursing students who enrolled for the academic year 2017-2018 (n=235). Setting: Faculty of Nursing, Minia University. Tools: two tools were used to collect data pertinent to the study as: Time management skills questionnaire; and student nurse stress index. Results: The study results revealed that nursing students had moderate time management skills scores (75.3%) and moderate stress level scores (54.5%). Conclusion: this study concluded that, there was a negative correlation between time management skills and stress level. Recommendations: Conducting workshops to develop student's time management skills and stress coping skills.