THE STUDY OF STRESSFUL FACTORS IN CLINICAL EDUCATION FOR NURSING STUDENTS STUDYING IN NURSING AND MIDWIFERY COLLEGE IN KHORRAMABAD

Clinical education is the main part of nursing education and without it training
efficient and competent nurses is far reaching. Any problem in clinical education may damage the
efficiency of education program. The present study tries to investigate the stress factors in clinical
education among nursing students in Nursing and Midwifery College in Khorram Abad.
Materials & Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 95 cases were selected and
studied. The data were collected and analyzed.
Result: The results show that among the environmental and education factors, there are some stressful
factors facing the emergency patients such as excessive number of the students in a single ward, the
initial care giving in the presence of public, lack of adequate skill and making stress on the part of the
instructor while doing his/her duty as well as students’ fear of being infected to infectious diseases.
Conclusion: Since the stressful factors may affect clinical education negatively and have negative
effects on the aims of clinical education, it is recommended to remove or reduce these factors.