IDENTIFICATION OF STRESSORS AFFECTING STUDENTS NURSES' PERFORMANCE IN THE CLINICAL SETTING HIGH INSTITUTE OF NURSING BENHA UNIVERSITY

Abstract

This study was conducted to identify the different sources of stressors affecting baccalaureate nursing students performance in the clinical setting as identified by the students in the different academic J levels and to find out the relationship between state and trait anxiety of the students and their identification of clinical stressors. A random sample of thirty students from each academic year and the internship year were selected, making a total of ISO student at the High Institute of Nursing Zagazig University, Benha Branch. A descriptive correlational design was utilized in this study. The tools utilized in this study were: 1- The Student Clinical Stressors Scale (SCSS) to identify the different stressors which confront the students in the clinical setting, 2- State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAT) to indicate if students feel anxious during their clinical training in the clinical setting & describe how they generally feel. The results showed that, the total clinical stressors scores were the highest for the second year students and the lowest among the internship year students. Also the results showed that a positive correlation was found between state and trait anxiety among the first, second, third and internship year students where, a positive correlation was found between trait anxiety and the level of clinical stressors among the fourth year students. The study concluded that students of the different level actually have varying levels of clinical stressors in relation to the four studied dimensions of the clinical stressors including (a- nature of nursing profession. b- clinical setting. C- dealing with different types of patient. D-evaluation process).