Assessment of Academic Stress among Bsc Nursing Students

This non-experimental study was undertaken to assess the level of academic stress among BSc nursing students in selected colleges, Thrissur. Academicsources of stress like examinations, long hours of study, assignments and grades, lack of free time, and lack of timely feedback after their performance, special elements of the academic programme like arrangement and conduction of workshops, also produce stress among student nurses. The data was collected by using modified academic stress scale. The mean score of academic stress among BSc nursing students was 48.25, which is below the median. The findings of the study revealed thatout of 120 nursing students, 27 (22.5%) perceived high level of stress and 93 (77.5%) perceived low level stress.