Clinical‐practice stress levels and factors affecting these on first‐year nursing students

Abstract

This study aimed to determine the stress levels of first-year nursing students end of the first day of clinical practice and the factors affecting these.Design and Methods: This was a descriptive and cross-sectional study. A student information form and the clinical stress questionnaire (CSQ) were used to collect the research data. Findings:The average CSQ score of the students was 23.57 ± 8.35 and it was determined that the students experienced below-average stress.Practice Implications: In line with the results obtained from the study, it was observed that the student's CSQ scores at the end of the first day of clinical practice were below average, and their biggest fear about clinical practice was that they would harm the patient.

Predictors and outcomes of nursing students' engagement trajectories at the beginning of their program

“…This type of theory-practice gap has long been recognized as a major problem in the development of nursing science and the training of nursing students (Bouchlaghem & Mansouri, 2018), and could be partially explained by a lack of student engagement in their professional training. Moreover, nursing students often face stressful situations from the first moments of their professional education (Gürdil Yilmaz et al, 2022), including the intense level of stress typically associated with their first clinical experiences (Li et al, 2020) and resulting from their lack of professional knowledge and skills, perceptions of time pressure, and various coping difficulties (Uysal & Çalışkan, 2022). Furthermore, given the many challenges nurses face when carrying out their professional tasks, the smooth running of healthcare organizations is partly linked to the ability of nursing students to learn and quickly transfer the knowledge acquired during their training (Arabi & Garza, 2023).…”