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Examination of nursing students' anxiety levels related to clinical practice with respect to peer support
Author(s) -
Tambağ Hatice
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
perspectives in psychiatric care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6163
pISSN - 0031-5990
DOI - 10.1111/ppc.12664
Subject(s) - anxiety , nursing , stress (linguistics) , clinical practice , psychology , nursing practice , peer support , clinical psychology , anxiety score , peer group , medicine , psychiatry , developmental psychology , linguistics , philosophy
Abstract Purpose To investigate the relationship between stress and anxiety levels of nursing students at during their first clinical practice. Design and Methods Designed as a quasi‐experimental study with a study group ( n = 13) and a control group ( n = 13) among nursing students at a university. Findings Students who practiced in the clinic for the first time experienced stress and anxiety, and their stress levels increased with high levels of state anxiety. The stress and anxiety decreased using peer support of the study group there was no change in the control group. Implications for Nursing Practice It is recommended that nursing students who enter clinical practice for the first time use peer support to reduce stress and anxiety in clinical practice.