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*Bedantakala Thulung, Sara Thapa, Jaya Prasad Singh

ABSTRACT

Objectives: This study was conducted to find out the stress, stressors, and coping strategies among bachelor level of nursing students studying at Chitwan Medical College (CMC). Materials and Methods: A descriptive cross sectional study design was adapted and total 194 nursing students of bachelor level were selected with enumerative sampling technique. The data was collected from 12-09-2019 to 03-10-2019 through a self-administered questionnaire by utilizing Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), and Brief Cope Questionnaire. Results: Of the 194 respondents 69 were from BNS(Bachelor of Nursing Science) and 125 from BSc. (Bachelor of Science in Nursing) nursing, 53.1% are aged ? 22 years, 91.2% were Hindu, and 90.2% were unmarried. Similarly 69.6% were living at home and 93.3% were getting financial support from parents. Total 48.5% students had mild, 23.7% had moderate and 27.8% had severe stress. The highest ranking stressor was reported being assignment and workload (Mean-23.38; SD- 5.40), stress from clinical assignment (Mean- 14.28; SD- 3.15), and stress from peers and daily life (Mean-10.19; SD-3.05). Only 28.9% had good coping, while most commonly adapted coping strategies includes active coping (Mean-5.68; SD-1.34), acceptance (Mean-5.60; SD-1.54) and planning (Mean-5.59; SD-1.36). There is a significant association between level of stress and living arrangement (p=0.019) and level of coping and living arrangement (p=0.009). Spearman?s rho correlation (p