Factors generating stress perceived by nursing students during their first clinical practice.

Abstract

Background.  Starting for the first time the university clinical practice may affect the well-being of nursing students in different situations. Hence the importance of knowing the factors causing stress at the beginning of their formative practices. Objective. To describe the factors generating stress in nursing students during their first clinical practice and its relation with sociodemographic variables. Cartagena 2017. Methods. The sample supported 108 students of nursing programs from three institutions of higher education (IES N°1, N°2 y N°3), the KEZKAK questionnaire was used to measure nursing students' stressors in clinical practice (semesters 3 to 5).  Results.Students under 22 years old (80,5%) and female gender (88,9%) principally constituted the sample. The (22.2%) of students are from IES N°1, (30,6%) from IES N°2 and (47,2%) belong to IES N°3. The factors that generated the most stress were: academic overload (88%), and emotional involvement with the patient (81,3%). The principal association of variables was: "relationship with teachers" linked both to university items (p-value = 0,002) and to semester (p-value = 0,006). Conclusions.The major factors generating stress influences the treatment with the patient. This gives an insight to the reality faced by the student in his first clinical practice: the preoccupation for their performing in activities during the training, and not being able to offer the proper care with objectivity.