Date of Award
2015
Publisher
North Dakota State University
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Awarded
Master of Science (MS)
Program
Nursing
Department
School of Nursing
College
Health Professions
Faculty Advisor
Kiser-Larson, Norma
Description
Nursing students experience multiple stressors as they are expected to apply theoretical learning and develop critical thinking skills while in the professional environment. Perceived overwhelming negative stressors can lead to absenteeism, job dissatisfaction, and a high employment turnover rate. This research compared levels of stress between sophomore, junior and senior nursing students at a public university and a private college, utilizing the Student Nurse Stress Index (SNSI, Jones and Johnson, 1999) and the Nursing Student Demographic Survey. Summary scores from the SNSI suggest that private college students report higher levels of stress than public students in four main areas including: “exams and/or grades”, “amount of classwork to be learned”, “difficulty of classwork to be learned”, and “lack of free time”. Key words: nursing student stress, college student stress, mature college student stress, student anxiety.
Recommended Citation
Kulland, Emily Pohribnak, "Nursing Student Stress" (2015). Nursing. 155.
https://digitalcommons.ndsu.edu/nursing/155
Rights
NDSU Policy 190.6.2
Rights Link
https://www.ndsu.edu/fileadmin/policy/190.pdf
Handle Identifier
https://hdl.handle.net/10365/27601