Assess The Level Of Stress And Anxiety During Clinical Posting Among First Year Nursing Students

Abstract

Nursing curriculum demands theory hours plus clinical hours. The clinical field environment is new for the first-year nursing students to deal with real-world patient care. This study attempt to assess the level of stress and anxiety during clinical posting among first year nursing students. Research has shown that first-year nursing students frequently experience elevated levels of stress and anxiety during their initial clinical postings. The main objective of this study was to assess the level of stress and anxiety during clinical posting among first year nursing students. A quantitative study was conducted with descriptive Research Design. For this study convenient sampling technique was used to draw the sample for the study. Data collected from 101 first year nursing students of A.N.M., G.N.M. and B. Sc. The findings of the study revealed that the level of stress among first year nursing students during clinical rotation. Total 101 samples collected. Among that 17[16.83%]students doesn’t have any stress, 55 [54.46%] students were having mild level of stress, 28[27.72%] students were having moderate level of stress and 1[0.99%] student have severe level of stress during clinical rotation and level of anxiety among  101 samples from 22[21.78%] students doesn’t have any anxiety , 52[51.49%] students were having mild level of anxiety, 24[23.76%] students were having moderate level of anxiety and 3[2.97%] students were having severe level of anxiety during clinical rotation. Therefore it is concluded that maximum students were having mild   level of stress and anxiety during clinical posting among first year nursing students