Nursing Student Stress Analysis

In the article, “Comparison of Mental Health Characteristics and Stress between Baccalaureate Nursing Students and Non-nursing,” the authors Dr. Michelle L. Bartlett, Heidi Taylor and J. Dirk Nelson analyzed the amount of stress on nursing students and its effect on their psychological and general health. In their article they proposed “nursing students would report more stress and thus more stress-related issues and illness (e.g., sleep disturbances, upper respiratory tract infection, and migraines) than general undergraduate students” (Bartlett,Taylor, Nelson, 2016, p.88). The surveyors focused on the mental health status of the students. In order to measure this information they selected questions 30 through 37 from the NCHA-11. They also used the Mann-Whitney U test, a 5-point system (5 meaning tremendous stress) and (1 meaning no stress) to determine the degree of stress the student was experiencing, These questions directed the students to be aware of their own mental health status and their perception of several stressors affecting them academically within the last 12 months. The writers of the article mention some stressors that nursing students have to overcome are
Balancing relationships with academic demands, worry about the labour market (Jesus et al., 2012), role confusion, gender discrimination, …show more content…
The Mann-Whitney U test presented a significant finding. While nursing students ranked having 52.3% above-average stress and 17.6% tremendous stress, non-nursing students graded no stress and tremendous stress at 6.9%. In all, nursing students not only reported having more stress but also stress-related issues and illnesses such as migraines, upper respiratory tract infections, and sleep disturbances. Another finding was that nursing students are less involved in athletics and working less hours than the average