Background: Nursing education combines theoretical learning, examinations, clinical training, skill development and patient-care responsibilities. These demands can create stress among nursing students, particularly when students perceive that their coping resources are insufficient for the demands placed upon them. Clinical training may be challenging because students must apply knowledge and skills in dynamic patient-care environments while developing professional competence. Stress during training may affect academic learning, clinical performance, well-being and future professional functioning. The supplied study identified a local evidence gap regarding stress among nursing students in Mizoram.
Aim: To assess the level of stress among nursing students in nursing institutions in Mizoram and to determine the association between stress level and selected demographic variables.
Materials and Methods: A quantitative approach with descriptive survey design was used. The study included 270 nursing students enrolled in GNM and B.Sc. Nursing programmes across Apollo School of Nursing, Blessino Nursing School, BN College of Nursing, College of Nursing Synod, Nursing School Lunglei, Mizoram College of Nursing, School of Nursing Christian Hospital, School of Nursing Thingdawl and RIPANS. Purposive sampling was used. Data were collected using a demographic questionnaire and a modified Perceived Stress Scale developed by Sheila Sheu and colleagues and published in 2002. Validity was ensured through consultation with experts. Frequency and percentage were used for descriptive analysis and chi-square testing was used to examine associations between stress level and selected demographic variables.
Results: Among 270 participants, 63% were aged 20–22 years, 89% were female and 96% resided in hostels. First-year and second-year GNM students each represented 28% of the sample, while second-semester and second-year B.Sc. Nursing students each represented 22%. Most participants (74%) reported interest in studying nursing. The largest family-income category was ₹15,000–30,000 per month (37%). Regarding stress, 21 participants (7.78%) reported no stress, 170 (62.96%) reported mild stress, 79 (29.26%) reported moderate stress and none reported severe stress. Significant associations were reported between stress level and age (χ²=15.61, df=3, p<0.05), level of course (χ²=52.52, df=3, p<0.05) and monthly family income (χ²=13.75, df=3, p<0.05).
Conclusion: Stress was common among the nursing students studied, with mild stress as the predominant category. The findings support the need for nursing institutions to provide stress-management education, coping-skills training, supportive clinical supervision and appropriate referral pathways. Further research should examine specific stressors, coping mechanisms and the effectiveness of planned interventions.
Nursing students; stress; perceived stress; nursing education; clinical training; GNM; B.Sc. Nursing; Mizoram.
Background: Nursing education combines theoretical learning, examinations, clinical training, skill development and patient-care responsibilities. These demands can create stress among nursing students, particularly when students perceive that their coping resources are insufficient for the demands placed upon them. Clinical training may be challenging because students must apply knowledge and skills in dynamic patient-care environments while developing professional competence. Stress during training may affect academic learning, clinical performance, well-being and future professional functioning. The supplied study identified a local evidence gap regarding stress among nursing students in Mizoram.
Aim: To assess the level of stress among nursing students in nursing institutions in Mizoram and to determine the association between stress level and selected demographic variables.
Materials and Methods: A quantitative approach with descriptive survey design was used. The study included 270 nursing students enrolled in GNM and B.Sc. Nursing programmes across Apollo School of Nursing, Blessino Nursing School, BN College of Nursing, College of Nursing Synod, Nursing School Lunglei, Mizoram College of Nursing, School of Nursing Christian Hospital, School of Nursing Thingdawl and RIPANS. Purposive sampling was used. Data were collected using a demographic questionnaire and a modified Perceived Stress Scale developed by Sheila Sheu and colleagues and published in 2002. Validity was ensured through consultation with experts. Frequency and percentage were used for descriptive analysis and chi-square testing was used to examine associations between stress level and selected demographic variables.
Results: Among 270 participants, 63% were aged 20–22 years, 89% were female and 96% resided in hostels. First-year and second-year GNM students each represented 28% of the sample, while second-semester and second-year B.Sc. Nursing students each represented 22%. Most participants (74%) reported interest in studying nursing. The largest family-income category was ₹15,000–30,000 per month (37%). Regarding stress, 21 participants (7.78%) reported no stress, 170 (62.96%) reported mild stress, 79 (29.26%) reported moderate stress and none reported severe stress. Significant associations were reported between stress level and age (χ²=15.61, df=3, p<0.05), level of course (χ²=52.52, df=3, p<0.05) and monthly family income (χ²=13.75, df=3, p<0.05).
Conclusion: Stress was common among the nursing students studied, with mild stress as the predominant category. The findings support the need for nursing institutions to provide stress-management education, coping-skills training, supportive clinical supervision and appropriate referral pathways. Further research should examine specific stressors, coping mechanisms and the effectiveness of planned interventions.
Nursing students; stress; perceived stress; nursing education; clinical training; GNM; B.Sc. Nursing; Mizoram.