Effectiveness of Nursing Intervention on Clinical Training Stress and Self-Control among Faculty of Nursing Students

Background: Clinical training has been recognized as a stressful experience for nursing students. Psychiatric/ mental health nursing is one of the core courses for undergraduate nursing students, but the complex and abstract nature of much of the psychiatric mental health course content makes it a challenge for many students. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of nursing intervention on clinical training stress and self-control among faculty of nursing students. A quasi-experimental research design two groups (experimental and control group) was used to achieve the aim of the study. This study was carried out at Faculty of Nursing, Menoufia University. A convenient sample of 180 students selected from the previous selected setting who had clinical training stress and disturbed levels of self-control. Three tools were used for data collections (1): A structured interviewing questionnaire to assess socio-demographic characteristics of the students, (2): Nursing education stress scale (clinical training stress subscale), (3): Self-control scale. The results revealed that there was a significant reduction on the levels of clinical training stress and improvement of self-control levels in the experimental group after application of nursing intervention than control group. Based on this result it was concluded that nursing intervention had a great effect in reducing the levels of clinical training stress and increasing the levels of self-control among faculty of nursing students. Recommendations: Generalize the application of nursing intervention to all college students to reduce their clinical training stress and increase their self-control.

Keywords: Nursing intervention, Clinical training stress, Self-control, Nursing students.