Stress and coping strategies among Saudi nursing students during clinical education

Abstract

Facilitating the use of effective coping strategies in nursing students will promote quality of care for their patients.

Effects of Empowering Mothers of Premature Infants on Their Stress Coping Strategies

“…This study on the effects of preventive interventions on depression, mood, and coping strategies in the perinatal period showed that use of insufficient coping increased in the intervention group, contrary to our expectations (17). Additionally, Al-Gamal et al (2017), in a study on the stress and coping strategies of Saudi nursing students during clinical education, showed that use of effective coping strategies in nursing students could promote the quality of care for the patients (18).…”

A comparative description of perceived stress and coping strategies among psychology and nonpsychology students in the United Arab Emirates

“…The experiences most frequently cited as being stressful for students related to thoughts about the magnitude and multiplicity of the tasks that were required to be performed and the feelings of anxiety and pressure associated with these thoughts. This is consistent with the majority of such studies conducted with student samples, and, therefore, reiterates the fact that students experience enormous levels of stress during this developmental stage of life in which they are especially vulnerable to the deleterious effects of stressful experiences. The coping strategies employed by students in our sample, and the overwhelming preference for emotion‐based rather than problem‐based coping strategies, are likely the result of the social and cultural context.…”

“…Moreover, there is substantial evidence that university students, and in particular those of medical and health‐related disciplines, experience an inordinate degree of study and work‐related stress. A multitude of studies from a variety of cultures and regions reported elevated levels of perceived stress among students from medical, dental, nursing, and mental health professions …”

Relationship of Nursing Students Stress and Their Personal Response to Stress in Learning Environment

“…Findings of this study demands for a bigger task for nurse professors in scheduling plans to avoid relapse of stress among students while keeping them inspired to achieve for a better education. The research suggest that coping behaviours or strategies can help the students to improve their health and to overcome their stress level, Enthusiastic insight did not direct adapting procedures in recently enlisted nursing students utilizing issue cantered adapting to address word related worry during the job time frame might be a defensive factor for adapting to worry in the working environment (Mazzella Ebstein et al, 2019).A study finding also revealed that positive correlation between coping strategies and nursing students stress (Al-Gamal, Alhosain, & Alsunaye, 2018). Another study indicate the positive correlation between stress and coping strategies (Pun, Samson, & Timalsina, 2018)…”