title: [Nursing undergraduates' anxiety about the first surgical instrumentation].
abstract: This study aimed to identify nursing undergraduates' anxiety about the first surgical instrumentation. The sample consisted of 30 sixth-period students who were enrolled in the subject surgical nursing. Data were collected through the STAI (State-Trait Anxiety Inventory). We identified that 90% of the students demonstrated low levels of trait anxiety. As to state anxiety, the most frequent observations were: low anxiety level on the first day of theoretical class (76.7%). medium anxiety level at the lab (53%) and medium anxiety level during supervised training (80%). Furthermore, we identified a small number of students with high anxiety levels. The statistical analysis shows significant differences among the mean levels of state-anxiety during the three data collection phases.
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Enfermagem, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Universidade Paulista. rachel@einstein.br
authors.forename: Rachel de
authors.initials: Rd
authors.lastname: Carvalho
authors.forename: Olga Guilhermina Dias
authors.initials: OG
authors.lastname: Farah
authors.forename: Luzia Elaine
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Galdeano
mesh_terms: D001007:Anxiety / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology*; D004506:Education, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D013338:Students, Nursing; D013525:Surgical Instruments