A study to assess the level of stress and coping behaviours and to evaluate the effectiveness of selected coping strategies among Student Nurses in selected institutions of Punjab

Abstract

Statement of the Problem
Methods
The study used a quasi- experimental study of before and after control group design. A total
of 245 I year B.Sc. nursing degree students from six nursing institutions were included as
interventional group (n=126) and control group (n=119) through purposive sampling
technique. The teaching on coping strategies was given for 1 week and review for another 3
weeks. On the first week of data collection, following the pre- assessment, a detailed lecture
was given on stress and coping strategies for seven consecutive days to the interventional
group. Followed by this, first post test assessment was done on the seventh day to both the
groups and reviewed for another 3 consecutive weeks and second posttest assessment was
also done followingly to both the groups. Data collection tools included a (1) demographic
variables,(2) 5- Point Likert scale on stress (3) 5- Point Likert scale on coping behaviours of
student nurses. (4) Teaching module on “stress and coping strategies”.