Estresse e vida acadêmica no decorrer do curso de graduação em Enfermagem.

Abstract

Objective: To assess and compare the stress levels among students of the second and third year of the undergraduate course in Nursing and its relation to academic life. Methods: This is an exploratory-descriptive study, with a quantitative approach, performed with 99 students from the second and third year of the undergraduate course in Nursing in Escola Superior de Ciências da Saúde do Distrito Federal during the year 2016. The Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) and a range of academic factors (Likert type), not validated, were used. The last one contains 29 statements about everyday academic activities in ESCS. The study was approved by the Ethics Committee. SPSS software version 21.0 was used to analyze the data. Results: older students present higher average stress than younger students. Second-graders score higher on mean stress (24 points) than third-graders (22 points). 1 student from the 2nd year presented a high level of stress. Conclusion: Based on the assessment of the academic factors most emphasized by the students, it apears that some changes could contribute to the reduction of stress levels in the institution, which would be: more mentoring activities, a more centralized location for the faculty, the construction of an university restaurant, the use of a repeating modules/goals system, implementation of a six-month school term, improvements to the criterion-referenced assessment.