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Volume 5, Issue 8(Suppl) J Nurs Care 2016
ISSN: 2167-1168 JNC, an open access journal
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Investigation of nursing students’ perception of stress and copıng behavıours of stress during
education
Eda ERGİN, Kıvan ÇEVİK, Sevgi PAKİŞ ÇET İN
Celal Bayar University, Turkey
Aim: The study aims to investigate nursing students’ perception of stress and stress-coping behaviors during education.
Method: This descriptive study comprised 410 second-, third- and fourth-grade nursing students who were attending the
Nursing Department of Manisa School of Health during the 2015-2016 academic year fall semester, and who received at least
one year of nursing education, had clinical practice experience and volunteered to participate in the study. Data were collected
using the Student Identification Form, Nursing Education Stress Scale Perceived Stress Scale for Nursing Students and Coping
Behaviours of Stress Scales for Nursing Students. The data were analyzed using the SPSS statistical program 21.00. to analyze
the data percentages, means, the t-test and ANOVA were used.
Results: Of the participating students, 70.5% were girls, 72.4% were in the 19-21 age group, 47.8% were third-grade students,
and 55.1% graduated fromAnatolian high school where the students receive intensive foreign language education, 68.3% chose
the nursing profession by their own preference, 80.5% stated that they loved the nursing profession and 72.4% wanted to work
as a nurse. The mean total score the participants obtained from the Nursing Education Stress Scale was 59.27 ± 19.81. The mean
total score was 29.59 ± 10.24 out of 48 points for the practical activities subscale, and 29.67 ± 10.09 for the academic stress
subscale. The mean total score for the Perceived Stress Scale for Nursing Students was 65.39 ± 25.58. The students faced the
highest level of stress when they provided healthcare for patients and their mean score for this was 18.01 ± 7.43. The analysis
of the scores the students obtained from the Coping Behaviours of Stress Scales for Nursing Students revealed that the students
obtained the highest mean total score from the Problem Solving subscale: 16.15 ± 5.05.
Conclusion: According to the results of the study, the nursing students’ stress level was above average, they faced the highest
level of stress when they provided healthcare for patients and they used the problem-solving strategy to cope with stress.
Biography:
Kıvan ÇEVİK graduated from Antalya Nursing School, Akdeniz University, in 2004. She took Fundamentals of Nursing Master’s degree and PhD from Health
Sciences Institute of Ege University. She worked at Cardiovascular Surgical Intensive Care Unit and operating room. Currently, She is working at Celal Bayar
University, Manisa Health Sciences Faculty Nursing Department as Assist Professor. Interested subjects of her are Nursing Management, Pain Management, and
Complementary Therapies.
Kıvan ÇEVİK et al., J Nurs Care 2016, 5:8(Suppl)