Factors Related to Stress and Coping with Stress of Fundamental Nursing Practicum Practices Students in Private University

Abstract

The purpose of this study were to examine: 1) the stress level of nursing students in private university 2) correlative factors; Learning Management, teaching behavior of nurse instructor and nurse preceptor, relationships with nurse instructor, relationships with friend, the setting of nursing practical and the environment of work place with stress of nursing students 3) stress coping strategies of nursing students on Fundamental Nursing Practicum practices. One hundred and forty-seven of nursing students were recruited into this study.  The research instrument were Questionnaire on stress, stress factors and coping methods of nursing students in basic nursing practice. The statistics used in analyzing were descriptive statistics and Pearson's product moment correlation coefficient. The results of the study were found as follows:

1. The overall the stress level of nursing students were at a high level (N=147,m=48.73, s=23.791).

2. The learning management factor, teaching behavior of instructor and nurse preceptor, relationships with instructor, relationships with friends, and the environment of work place were significantly correlated with the stress level (r=-.466, -.471, -.488, -.468, -.422, p<.01).

3. The overall of Problem Focused Coping were at a moderate level (N=147, m=3.38, s= 0.883) The strategy which used most when a problem occurs was, plan how to solve it (N=147, m=3.61, s= 2.573). The least used strategy was focused on only solving a certain problem and ignore other activities (N=147, m=3.12, s= 1.152).