Student Nurse Study

The undertaken study examined whether, when compared to faculty instruction, preceptored instruction of student nurses resulted in decreased levels of stress, threat, and fear and increased levels of challenge and stimulation. These predictions were formulated on the basis of the work of Oermann (19 ) which indicated that preceptored instruction sometimes showed benefits beyond that produced by faculty instruction in outcomes that could be associated with lowered stress levels. Also, the theoretical work of Lazarus and Folkman (1984) regarding stress, coping, emotions, and cognitive appraisal helped to shape the foregoing predictions.

To test the validity of the predictions, two groups of nurses were mailed the Pagana Clinical Stress Questionnaire developed by Pagana (1988) to measure nurses' experiences of stress, stimulation, fear, threat and challenge. One group of nurse consisted of those who had been trained by their faculty while another consisted of those who had been training in clinical settings by preceptors.

All student nurses were enrolled in an associate degree or baccalaureate degree nursing programs within the midwestern part of the United States; these programs being accredited by the National League of Nursing. In order to be eligible to receive a mailing, nurses' curriculum coordinators or directors had to grant them permission to participate in the study.

Questionnaire data were analyzed using descriptive, inferential and correlational

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