Open AccessPerceived stress and coping behavior among future nurses: A cross-sectional study in West Bengal, India
Author(s) -
Aparajita Dasgupta,
Debayan Podder,
Bobby Paul,
Lina Bandyopadhyay,
Shamita Mandal,
Arkaprovo Pal,
Moumita Mandal
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
indian journal of community medicine/indian journal of community medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-3581
pISSN - 0970-0218
DOI - 10.4103/ijcm.ijcm_200_19
Subject(s) - cross sectional study , stressor , perceived stress scale , coping (psychology) , medicine , workload , west bengal , clinical psychology , psychology , nursing , stress (linguistics) , linguistics , philosophy , pathology , socioeconomics , sociology , computer science , operating system
Demanding clinical and academic environments have been potential sources of stress among nursing students. Inability to cope effectively often potentiates this stress. If not intervened early, this may have a detrimental effect on health and may eventually affect the future workforce in rendering care.