Nursing students in Iran identify the clinical environment stressors.
Stress at clinical environment is one of the cases that could affect the education quality among nursing students. The study aims to investigate Iranian nursing students' perceptions on the stressors in clinical environment in the South Western part of Iran. A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted in 2010 to include 300 nursing students after their completion of second clinical nursing course in a hospital environment. Data were collected using a researcher-made questionnaire, with focus on the clinical environment stressors from personal, educational and training viewpoints. Data analysis was performed using SPSS software (IBM Corporation, Armonk, NY, USA) and descriptive statistics tests. Among the various stressors, the highest scores were given to the faculty (71 ± 19.77), followed by the students' personal characteristics (43.15 ± 21.79). Given that faculty-related factors provoked more stress in nursing students, nursing administration should diligently evaluate and improve communication skills among faculty to reduce student stress and enhance learning.
Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, Yasuj University of Medical Sciences, Yasuj, Iran.
Shahla
S
Najafi Doulatabad
Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, Yasuj University of Medical Sciences, Yasuj, Iran.
Sima
S
Mohamadhosaini
Department of Social Medicine, Yasuj University of Medical Sciences, Yasuj, Iran.
Hamid Reza
HR
Ghafarian Shirazi
Student Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Zinat
Z
Mohebbi
D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006272:Health Facility Environment; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran; D008297:Male; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000209:etiology*; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult
clinical nursing; nursing students; stressors