First Year Nursing Students' Coping Strategies in Stressful Clinical Practice Situations

Autor/inn/en	Bodys-Cupak, Iwona; Majda, Anna; Skowron, Justyna; Zalewska-Puchala, Joanna; Trzcinska, Aneta
Titel	First Year Nursing Students' Coping Strategies in Stressful Clinical Practice Situations
Quelle	In: Journal of Education in Science, Environment and Health, 4 (2018) 1, S.12-18 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2149-214X
Schlagwörter	Nursing Education; Nursing Students; Stress Variables; Stress Management; Coping; Student Surveys; Questionnaires; Foreign Countries; Statistical Analysis; Age Differences; Student Characteristics; Scores; Emotional Response; Humor; Patients; Interpersonal Relationship; Work Environment; Measures (Individuals); Poland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pflegepädagogik; Stressmanagement; Stressbewältigung; Bewältigung; Schülerbefragung; Fragebogen; Ausland; Statistische Analyse; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Emotionales Verhalten; Humoristische Darstellung; Patient; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Arbeitsmilieu; Messdaten; Polen
Abstract	Performing the social service professions, to which a profession of nurse includes, is considered one of the most stress-inducing jobs. The reason behind this is deep emotional involvement in contact with patient followed by responsibility for human health and life. The time dedicated to gaining knowledge and practical skills constitutes both a potential stress source for the nursing students and provides them with the opportunity to learn how to cope with it. This study aims at assessing the level of stress in difficult situations, differentiating the methods of stress coping and difficult situations for the nursing studies in the course of practical training. 110 first-year students of intramural studies at the Nursing Faculty, State Higher Vocational School in Tarnów (southern Poland) were surveyed using the research tools include the author's survey questionnaire, Perceived Stress Scale, Inventory to Measure Coping Strategies with Stress. Differences between variables were verified using the chi-square (X[superscript 2]) independence test and Mann-Whitney test. The adopted significance level was a = 0.05. During the first practical training, the nursing students struggled with multiple difficult situation (and perceived moderate and high stress and their attempts to cope with stress were diversified. Increase in stress level was accompanied by higher frequency of stress copying strategies by avoidance behaviours (X[superscript 2] = 7.59; p = 0.02). Students in difficult situations have more frequently applied coping strategies involving focusing on the issue of concern rather than emotion-based strategies. One should develop active methods of coping with stress and difficult situations with the nursing students, including in particular these manifesting helplessness and avoidance behaviours. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01