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pISSN 1225-9330
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    J Korean Acad Nurs Adm. 2015 Mar;21(2):154-163. Korean.
    Published online Mar 31, 2015.
    https://doi.org/10.11111/jkana.2015.21.2.154
    Copyright © 2015 Korean Academy of Nursing Administration
    Original Article

    Affecting Factors on Stress of Clinical Practice in Nursing Students

    Ae Kyong Lee,1 Hye Sook You,2 and In Hyae Park3
      • 1Chonnam National University Hospital, Korea.
      • 2Department of Nursing, Honam University, Korea.
      • 3Department of Nursing, Chonnam National University, Korea.
    • Corresponding author: You, Hye Sook. Department of Nursing, Honam University, 417 Eodeung-daero, Gwangsan-gu, Gwangju 506-714, Korea. Tel: +82-62-940-5550, Fax: +82-62-940-5068, Email: basic11@honam.ac.kr
    Received August 23, 2014; Revised January 14, 2015; Accepted February 27, 2015.

    This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

    Abstract

    Purpose

    This descriptive study was done to identify factors that influence stress related to clinical practice for nursing students.

    Methods

    Structured questionnaires were used to collect data from 278 students from two nursing colleges located in G metropolitan city and one nursing college in C region.

    Results

    The factors that most influenced stress for the nursing students during their clinical practice were critical thinking disposition, clinical competence, year, and gender. Especially, the result showed that higher critical thinking disposition and clinical competence correlated with lower stress in clinical practice.

    Conclusion

    The results indicate that improving nursing students' critical thinking ability and clinical competence would help to relieve stress during clinical practice and increase the ability to cope with stress efficiently. The development of a variety of teaching and learning strategies and education in both theoretical and clinical practice education would be necessary to achieve this goal.

    Keywords
    Students; Nursing; Clinical practice; Stress; Psychological

    Tables

    Table 1
    General Characteristics and Clinical Practice Stress according to General Characteristic (N=278)

    Table 2
    Degree of the Critical Thinking Disposition, Clinical Competence and Clinical Practice Stress (N=278)

    Table 3
    Correlations among Variables (N=278)

    Table 4
    Factors Influencing Clinical Practice Stress (N=278)

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    Clinical Competence
    Education
    Humans
    Learning
    Nursing
    Students, Nursing*
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