Original Research Article
Year: 2022 | Month: June | Volume: 12 | Issue: 6 | Pages: 218-224
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20220629
Stress among Proficiency Certificate Level (PCL) Nursing Students in Kathmandu
Poojan Sharma1, Shusma Acharya2, Kamala Paudel3
1Lecturer of Nursing, Manmohan Memorial Institute of Health Sciences, Soalteemode, Kathmandu, Nepal
2Lecturer of Nursing Manmohan Memorial Institute of Health Sciences, Soalteemode, Kathmandu, Nepal
3Lecturer of Nursing Manmohan Memorial Institute of Health Sciences, Soalteemode, Kathmandu, Nepal
Corresponding Author: Poojan Sharma
ABSTRACT
Introduction: Stress is a psychological state that can blight the capabilities of nursing students. Frequent clinical rotation, packed classroom teaching, less recreational activities, workload and assignment might lead them develop psychological stress. Early identification of stressors and management of stress is essential to prevent negative consequences. Thus, our study aimed at finding the prevalence and contributors of stress among the PCL nursing students.
Method: We used descriptive cross-sectional study design with cluster random sampling. We selected four CTEVT (Council for Technical Education and Vocational Training) affiliated nursing colleges for the study. Total sample size was 443. We used Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10) to identify the prevalence of stress. Bivariate and multiple linear regression analysis were used to estimate contributing factors.
Result: The mean perceived stress score was 20.9. Prevalence of high and moderate level stress was 11.5% and 81.9% respectively. Contributors of moderate and high level of stress were lack of skill to communicate with patients (P-0.002); inflexible clinical practice (P- <0.001); night shift duty (P- 0.014); gap between academic objective and clinical work (P 0.046); low quality of clinical practice (P-0.020); unfriendly teachers (P-0.025); assignments beyond students’ capacity (P - <0.001); and total study hour at home (P- <0.001).
Conclusion: Moderate level of perceived stress was prevalent among the PCL nursing students. Inflexible clinical practice, night shift duty, low quality clinical practice; gap between academic objectives and clinical work and, unfriendly teachers; assignments beyond students’ capacity and total study hour at home were the contributors.
Key words: Kathmandu, Nursing Students, Proficiency Certificate Level, Stress .