Factors influencing stress and coping behavior of the nursing students undertaking the Principles and Techniques in Nursing Practicum Course at Boromarajonani College of Nursing Chon Buri
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Background: Assisting nursing students to reduce or eliminate stress when first practicing in the wards will help students learn to their fullest potential, have a good attitude and perform happily in the profession.
Objectives: The aim of this research was to examine factors influencing stress and coping of the nursing students undertaking the Principles and Techniques in Nursing Practicum course.
Methods: This descriptive research consisted of 144 nursing students who were in their second year of academic year 2017. The research instrument were questionnaires and were conducted for data collection and consisted of a demographic data questionnaire, a stress survey questionnaire, a coping behavior of nursing student’s questionnaire and a practical learning and environmental factors questionnaire which were constructed by researchers. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation coefficient and stepwise multiple regression analysis.
Results: The results revealed that 49.03% of the students reported a normal level of stress and 5.60 % reported a high level of stress. The nursing students reported a higher proportion of emotional-focused coping (M = 0.61, SD = 0.04) than problem-focused coping behavior (M = 0.39, SD = .04). Factors significantly influencing stress were attitudes to practical learning and partner relationships (R2= .103) at .01 level. The factor significantly influencing problem-focused coping behavior was attitudes to practical learning R2= .183) at .01 level. The factors significantly influencing emotional-focused coping behavior were the attitudes to practical learning and practical learning behavior (R2= .107) at .01 level.
Conclusions: Nursing Institutes should provide preparation activities to strengthen good attitudes towards practical learning, including a program to promote the learning process of students. Developing appropriate behavior in coping will result in good physical and mental health of nursing students.
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บทความที่ได้รับการตีพิมพ์เป็นลิขสิทธิ์ของวิทยาลัยพยาบาลบรมราชชนนี จังหวัดนนทบุรี
ข้อความที่ปรากฏในบทความแต่ละเรื่องในวารสารวิชาการเล่มนี้เป็นความคิดเห็นส่วนตัวของผู้เขียนแต่ละท่านไม่เกี่ยวข้องกับวิทยาลัยพยาบาลบรมราชชนนี จังหวัดนนทบุรี และคณาจารย์ท่านอื่น ในวิทยาลัยฯ แต่อย่างใด ความรับผิดชอบองค์ประกอบทั้งหมดของบทความแต่ละเรื่องเป็นของผู้เขียนแต่ละท่าน หากมีความผิดพลาดใด ๆ ผู้เขียนแต่ละท่านจะรับผิดชอบบทความของตนเองแต่ผู้เดียว
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