Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2009

Publication Title

Journal of Nursing Education

Volume

48

Issue

1

First page number:

631

Last page number:

637

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether nursing students assigned to a home hospital experience less stress and improved academic performance. Students were assigned to a home hospital clinical placement (n = 78) or a control clinical placement (n = 79). Stress was measured using the Student Nurse Stress Index (SNSI) and Spielberger’s State Anxiety Inventory. Academic performance included score on the RN CAT, a standardized mock NCLEX-RN®-type test; nursing grade point average; and first attempt pass-fail on the NCLEX-RN. There were no statistically significant differences between the two groups for age, gender, marital status, ethnicity, or score on the nurse entrance examination. There were significant changes in SNSI over time but not between groups. Academic load and state anxiety showed an interaction of time by group, with the home hospital group showing reductions over time, compared with the control group.

Keywords

Anxiety; Nurses – Training of; Nursing – Study and teaching; Nursing students; Stress (Psychology)

Disciplines

Education | Mental and Social Health | Nursing

Language

English

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