Assess the Level of Stress and Coping Strategies of Student Nurses during Their Initial Clinical Practice, With a View to Develop Self-Instruction Module

Abstract

Background: Professional preparation of a nurse in the institute of nursing is largely determined by her initial adjustment and ability to cope with change necessary during her academic preparation. to deal with the various stressors and to improve academic performance, maintain the individual integrity, improve the clinical skills, improve the level of confidence it is necessary to assess the differ stressors and coping strategies among nursing students during their initial clinical practice. Aims and objectives: The aim of the study is to assess the level of stress and coping strategies of student nurses during their initial clinical practice. Material and Methods: Non experimental descriptive research design with qualitative approach was used..Non probability purposive sampling technique was adopted to select 100 samples from selected students of Dhiraj General Hospital, Piparia The tool used to collect data was Standard Questionnaire. Data was analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistics. The level significance of the study is fixed at 0.05level. Results: The result showed that student nurses have high level of stress and less coping strategies during their initial clinical practice. The finding shows that there is a significant association between the type of family and level of stress and also there is high significant association between the accommodation and level of stress. There is weak co-relation found between level of stress and coping strategies among student nurses that is0.312* statistically significantat0.05 level in all aspects under the study. Conclusion: Students who are studying in 1st year B.Sc and GNM nursing have high level of stress and less coping strategies during their initial clinical practice. The pre-test data shown that the level of stress is high in the student nurses.