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

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 kn...

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Main Authors: Iwona Bodys-Cupak, Anna Majda, Justyna Skowron, Joanna Zalewska-Puchała, Aneta Trzcińska
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Published: Seyit Ahmet Kıray 2018-01-01
Series:Journal of Education in Science, Environment and Health
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author Iwona Bodys-Cupak
Anna Majda
Justyna Skowron
Joanna Zalewska-Puchała
Aneta Trzcińska
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description 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 (χ2) independence test and Mann - Whitney test. The adopted significance level was α=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 (χ2=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.
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spelling doaj-art-d482ecbe732f4282951d3a389805c0002025-02-03T21:52:35ZengSeyit Ahmet KırayJournal of Education in Science, Environment and Health2149-214X2018-01-014147First Year Nursing Students' Coping Strategies in Stressful Clinical Practice SituationsIwona Bodys-Cupak0Anna Majda1Justyna Skowron2Joanna Zalewska-Puchała3Aneta Trzcińska4Jagiellonian University Medical College Faculty of Health SciencesJagiellonian University Medical College Faculty of Health SciencesState Higher Vocational School in Tarnów – graduateJagiellonian University Medical College Faculty of Health SciencesSilesian Medical University in Katowice Faculty of Health Sciences in Katowice 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 (χ2) independence test and Mann - Whitney test. The adopted significance level was α=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 (χ2=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. https://jeseh.net/index.php/jeseh/article/view/125StressCopingStudentClinical practice
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First Year Nursing Students' Coping Strategies in Stressful Clinical Practice Situations
Journal of Education in Science, Environment and Health
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Coping
Student
Clinical practice
title First Year Nursing Students' Coping Strategies in Stressful Clinical Practice Situations
title_full First Year Nursing Students' Coping Strategies in Stressful Clinical Practice Situations
title_fullStr First Year Nursing Students' Coping Strategies in Stressful Clinical Practice Situations
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title_short First Year Nursing Students' Coping Strategies in Stressful Clinical Practice Situations
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topic Stress
Coping
Student
Clinical practice
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