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Sinking Academic Stress Among Nursing Students

Ms. Jyoti ., Ms. Parul .

Abstract


The purpose of the study was to access the stress level experienced by fresher students and factors most associated with the stress. The research design used in this study was quasi-experimental one-group pretest and posttest design. The convenient sampling technique was used to select 40 samples for the study. The tools used for the study were academic stress scale checklist and structured questionnaire to assess the level of stress and knowledge of B.Sc. Nursing first-year students. The study findings revealed that the mean posttest score was higher than the mean pretest score. This concluded that fresher students experience more stress as compared to other students.


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DOI: https://doi.org/10.37628/ijnn.v6i2.1627

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