Effectiveness of Selected Interventions on Stress Level among Nursing Students

Nursing students are a group particularly prone to stress due to transitional nature of college life. Purpose: To assess effectiveness of selected interventions on stress level among nursing students of Bharati Vidyapeeth college of Nursing Pune, India Objectives: - To assess the stress level of Nursing students before and after the selected interventions. To compare the stress level of nursing students before and after implementation of selected interventions. To associate the findings with selected demographic variables. Methods: This was a pre-experimental study of 40 Nursing students studying in Bharati Vidyapeeth College of Nursing Pune during the academic year of 2013-14. The assessment of symptoms and perceived stress were obtained from the students. A selected intervention includes Pranayama, Relaxation therapy, and music therapy was given to the students daily for one month. Post test taken after one month. Results: The result of the study showed that, majority of 65% of the nursing students had mild stress (Score 0-24) before selected interventions, 32.5% of them had moderate stress (score 25-48) and 2.5% of them had severe stress (score 49-72). In posttest, majority of 92.5% of them had mild stress (Score 0-24) and 7.5% of them had moderate stress (Score 25-48). This shows that there is remarkable decrease in the symptoms of stress level of the nursing students. Regarding the perception of stress, majority of 85% of the nursing students had moderate perceived stress (Score 14-26), 10% of them had severe perceived stress (score 27-40) and 5% of them had mild perceived stress (Score 0-13) before selected interventions. In posttest, majority of 75% of them had mild perceived stress (Score 0-13) and 25% of them had moderate perceived stress (Score 14-26). Conclusion: The current interventions (pranayama, relaxation therapy and music therapy) will assist in decreasing the stress among the nursing students.