1Nursing Lecturer USB College of Nursing, Abu Road, Dist. Sirohi
2Nursing Tutor, College of Nursing Aiims, Rishikesh
3Deputy Registrar Geetanjali University, Udaipur
Online published on 9 October, 2018.
The term stress means pressure and in human life it represents an uneasy experience. It is an unpleasant psychological and physiological state caused due to some internal or external demands that go beyond our capacity. It refers to the consequence of the failure of an organism to respond adequately to mental, emotional or physical demands, either actual or imagined.
The objectives of the study were 1)To assess the level of academic stress among students of B. Sc. Nursing.2)To assess the effectiveness of self-instructional module in reducing academic stress among B. Sc. Nursing Students. 3 To find out the association between post-test stress scores and selected demographic variables.
The research approach adopted for the study was pre-experimental research approach. The research design adopted for the study was pre-experimental research design. The data was collected through the tool which is prepared by the investigator. The sample consists of the 50 students. The tool used for the data collection was structured stress knowledge questionnaire, which has two sections: Section A Items on socio-demographic variables Section b Items on stress questionnares regarding, stress related to academic condition, stress related to social condition, stress related to family/environmental condition.
shows that the maximum mean percentage obtained by the students is found in the aspect of stress related to social condition(52.52%) followed by stress related to general/personal condition (52.24%), stress related to family/environmental condition(49.66%) and least mean percentage obtained in the aspect of stress related to academic condition (49.60%). The overall Mean± Sd of post-test level of academic stress was 46.13± 2.42 and mean percentage of 46.13%.
The overall findings of the study revealed that there was overall mean knowledge score obtained by the students was 46.13 and with standard deviation 2.42 and the mean percentage was 51.25%, So this indicates that level of academic stress is reduced among students
Assess, self instructional module, stress, academic stress, Effectiveness
