Koirala Sarmila, Thapa Rupa Devi, Bhandari Sagun, Rijal Alisha, Thakuri Bhawani Shahi, Gauro Pooja
Nepalese Army Institute of Health Sciences, College of Nursing, Sanobharyang, Bhandarkhal, Kathmandu.
Yeti Health Science Academy, Kantimarga, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu.
PLoS One. 2024 Aug 1;19(8):e0305588. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0305588. eCollection 2024.
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on nursingeducation, with many programs abruptly discontinuing clinical practice. This has raised concerns among nursing students about their clinicalskill development. Because of this, the researcher was motivated to learn how nursing students perceive stress and develop coping mechanisms for returning to nursing colleges following the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to assess perceived stress and coping strategies among nursing students toward rejoining college after COVID -19 pandemic.Ananalyticalcross-sectionalstudywas conducted using proportionatestratified simple random sampling technique among 317 nursing students of bachelor level at all nursing colleges affiliated to Purbanchal University in Kathmandu Valley. Data was collected usingaself-administeredquestionnaire that included the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) and the Brief COPEScale.The majority of respondents (71.3%) reported moderate stress levels, with 28.7%reportinghighstresslevels.Half of the respondents (51.7%) had low coping levels, while the other half (48.3%) had high coping levels. There was a significant association between the level of coping and mother's occupation (p = 0.003). The Pearson correlation between perceived stress and coping strategies was moderately positive (r = 0.256, p = 0.001).Nursing college administration and instructors can play a role in reducing student stress and promoting coping strategies by maintaining a safecollege environment for students rejoining college after the COVID-19 pandemic.
新冠疫情对护理教育产生了重大影响，许多课程突然中断了临床实践。这引发了护理专业学生对其临床技能发展的担忧。因此，研究人员有动力去了解护理专业学生如何看待压力，以及如何在新冠疫情后制定应对机制以重返护理学院。本研究旨在评估护理专业学生在新冠疫情后重返学院时的感知压力和应对策略。采用按比例分层简单随机抽样技术，对加德满都谷地普尔万恰尔大学附属所有护理学院的317名本科护理专业学生进行了分析性横断面研究。数据通过一份自我管理的问卷收集，该问卷包括感知压力量表（PSS）和简易应对方式量表。大多数受访者（71.3%）报告压力水平为中度，28.7%报告压力水平高。一半的受访者（51.7%）应对水平较低，另一半（48.3%）应对水平较高。应对水平与母亲职业之间存在显著关联（p = 0.003）。感知压力与应对策略之间的皮尔逊相关性呈中度正相关（r = 0.256，p = 0.001）。护理学院管理层和教师可以通过为新冠疫情后重返学院的学生维持一个安全的学院环境，在减轻学生压力和促进应对策略方面发挥作用。
