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@#Introduction: Consistent with the significant of the stress issue in education, this study aimed to survey type of stressors and identifies the coping strategies used by diploma nursing students during clinical practices. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out at the Kubang Kerian Nursing College, Kelantan which involved 346 respondents using simple random sampling method. The inclusion criteria were year one, two and three of nursing students who have clinical posting and voluntarily joining the study. Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) and Brief COPE inventory were utilised in the data collection. Higher mean score indicates higher degree of stress. Results: Clinical assignments and workload were the main stressor (mean = 3.19, SD = 1.09). Religion approach was the most coping strategy applied (mean = 3.30, SD = 0.71). Pearson’s correlation coefficient test found that six domains of stressors during clinical practices (taking care of patients; clinical educators/instructors and ward staff; clinical assignments and workload; peers and nursing students from other college; lack of professional knowledge and skills and clinical environment) were statistically significant correlation with coping strategies, where P-value < 0.05. Conclusion: Clinical assignment was the main stressor among nursing students; therefore, successful activities should be promoted to help them in managing clinical assignment and enhancing knowledge in religion.
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Objective To know about the reason of nursing students suffering workplace bullying. Method 25 interviewees were recruited by snowball sampling. The data were collected through the analysis of focus group interview. Results The interview data were analyzed by Colaizzi analysis method and three themes were extracted.They are the nursing students′own factors; organizational management factors;social and cultural factors. Conclusions According to the reasons for the nursing students suffered workplace bullying, formulating corresponding measures has an important role in improve the quality of clinical practice and the stability of nursing team.
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This paper discussed the reason of the rise of modern medical model and specially analyzed the necessity and urgency of strengthen the professional ethics education of the practice nursing students under modern medical model from four aspects.On this basis,this paper put forward the following path for optimizing the professional ethics education of the practice nursing students.It should formulate the standard of teachers scientifically and improve the system of reward and punishment.It should establish the class of professional ethics education and make professional ethics education run through the process of clinical practice to cultivate their good professional ethics.It should cultivate three kinds of consciousness and one idea of nursing student,so as to prompt them to provide patients quality service.