de Dios DMJ, Varela MI, Braschi DL, Sánchez ME

Language: Spanish
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ABSTRACT

Introduction: Health professionals are exposed to stressful situations, which produce important negative consequences for their health, even during the training period. The appropriate way they cope with the situations that produce stress during the practices can make learning and future professional development difficult.
Objective: To evaluate the level of stress in Nursing students during the period of their practical training, its significance and its possible relation with the academic year in course.
Methods: The measurement instruments used were the perceived stress scale (PSS-14) and the KEZKAK questionnaire that measures stressors in clinical practice. Out of the 744 students enrolled, a sample of 289 students (39 %) belonging to the Nursing area of the Alfonso X el Sabio University (Madrid-Spain) was chosen during the three training courses of this discipline. The mean age of the students evaluated was 21 years.
Results: Throughout the academic years, women suffer more stress than men. The second year is the one in which there is a greater perception of stress. As for the situations that produce a greater level of stress, some significant components are described: stress by professional competence, stress by interaction with the patient, stress by confrontation with suffering, and stress by professional relation.
Conclusion: the level of stress is related to the academic year in course.