Individual stress among nurses in training: why some leave while others stay.

Full Abstract

This study involves 413 learners (student and pupil nurses) training in the general nursing field. The study explores the nature of individual stress experienced by learners in both the educational and clinical environment. The latter is found to be more stressful. Stress is found to increase as training progresses. A comparison between learners in this study and those in a previous study (who left training) was made. Individual stress experiences were similar for learners who left training as a result of stress and those who remained. The study also presents a number of individual strategies for coping with stress.

Author information

Author/s: Lindop, E (E);

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: Nurse education today (Nurse Educ Today), published in SCOTLAND. (Language: eng)

Reference: 1991-Apr; vol 11 (issue 2) : pp 110-20

Dates: Created 1991/05/24; Completed 1991/05/24; Revised 2004/11/17;

PMID: 2020283, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: )

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