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Revista Iberoamericana de Educación e Investigación en Enfermería

Revista Iberoamericana de Educación e Investigación en Enfermería

JULIO 2021 N° 3 Volumen 11

Stress levels in brazilian nursing students: a descriptive study

Section: Originals

How to quote

Domingues VA, Pereira de Borba K,Cavalcante MDMA, Viganó Zanoti-Jeronymo DV, Gryczak V, Pereira de Borba R. Nível de estresse em estudantes de enfermagem brasileiros: um estudo descritivo. Rev. iberoam. Educ. investi. Enferm. 2021; 11(3):17-27.

Authors

1 Vanessa Aparecida Domingues, 2 Kátia Pereira de Borba, 3 Marília Daniella M.A. Cavalcante, 4 Daniela Viganó Zanoti-Jeronymo, 5 Vania Gryczak, 6 Rodolfo Pereira de Borba

Position

1 Enfermeira. Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de Inácio Martins (PR). Brasil.2 Doutora em Ciências. Docente na Universidade Estadual do Centro Oeste de Guarapuava (PR). Brasil. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2164-4289 3 Doutora em Enfermagem. Docente na Universidade Estadual do Centro Oeste de Guarapuava (PR). Brasil. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7685-66794 Doutora em Ciências. Docente na Universidade  Estadual do Centro Oeste de Guarapuava (PR), Brasil. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6131-3890 5 Doutora em Métodos Numéricos em Engenharia. Docente na Universidade Estadual do Centro Oeste de Guarapuava (PR). Brasil.6 Estudante de Psicologia. Centro Universitário Campo Real (PR). Brasil. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4169-7997

Contact email: kborba@unicentro.br

Abstract

Introduction: understood as an overall concept, stress refers to all circumstances that threaten the general well-being of an individual, altering his or her physical safety, self-esteem, reputation and tranquility. The challenges experienced by nursing students in a public university, as a full-time course, including the emotions experienced in the classroom and practice settings, can add several stressors and contribute negatively to the teaching-learning process.
Purpose: to describe the level of stress in nursing students at a public university.
Methods: a descriptive study based on a quantitative approach, conducted with students from the first to the fifth year of a nursing course, using the Evaluación del Estrés en Estudiantes de Enfermería scale (AEEE) (assessment of stress in nursing students) as a data collection instrument.
Findings: a total of 114 students participated in the study, predominantly women (90%), in the young age group (85.95%), single (90%), without children (96%), only studying (90%), living on an income of up to minimum wage (71%) and living with family or other people (74%). Variability of medium, high and very high scores in the stress factor intensity was found among six analysis domains.
Conclusion: the stress level among Brazilian nursing students, graduated from a public university, is a process that evolves in a diversified and increasing way through the successive years of the course.

Keywords:

nursing students; psychological stress; Nursing education; teaching; university education

Versión en Español

Título:

Nível de estresse em estudantes de enfermagem brasileiros: um estudo descritivo

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