Stressors and Coping Strategies during Clinical Practicumamong UNIMAS Undergraduate Nursing Students.

Noraidah, Gotuwo (2023) Stressors and Coping Strategies during Clinical Practicumamong UNIMAS Undergraduate Nursing Students. [Final Year Project Report] (Unpublished)

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Abstract

Introduction: Nursing is known as a stressful profession due to the complex job demandsand needs. Nursing students often encounter various types of stressors during clinical practice, and these stressors could lead to negative impact on learning and performance, copingstrategies are crucial to employed. Objectives: This study aimed to identify the mainstressors perceived by the nursing students and determine the coping strategies usedtomitigate the stress level during clinical practicum. Methodology: A descriptive cross-sectional study with a quantitative design was carried out at University Malaysia Sarawak(UNIMAS) using online surveys. This study involved 133 respondents using a simplerandom sampling method. The inclusion criteria were year 2, year 3 and year 4nursingstudents, while the exclusion criteria were year 1 and those who are included in pilot study. The Nursing Stress Scale (NSS) and Brief COPE Inventory were utilized in thedatacollection. Data was interpreted in descriptive and inferential analysis using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 27.0. Results: The majorityof therespondents perceived assignment and workload as the highest perceived stressors duringclinical practicum (mean=10.88. SD= 3.61), while the acceptance and religion were themost frequently coping strategies used among the respondents (mean=6.23, SD=1.29) and(mean=6.22, SD=1.53) respectively. Spearman correlation coefficient test found that therewas a significance positive correlation between the perceived stressors and coping strategiesused during clinical practicum among UNIMAS undergraduate nursing students, r=.289, n=133, p < .001. Conclusion: The finding from this study would enable nursing studentsinMalaysia to be more aware of better management of their level of stress towards theperceived stressors and ways to cope with stress.

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