J Korean Acad Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs.  2011 Sep;20(3):302-314. 10.12934/jkpmhn.2011.20.3.302.

An Exploration on the Stress of Korean Graduate Nursing Students: Using of Focus Group Research Method

• Lee KS
• Park EJ
• Kim HJ
• Ahn HR

• KMID: 2321918
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.12934/jkpmhn.2011.20.3.302

Abstract

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to gain an understanding of the experience of Korean graduate nursing students' stressor, response, and coping.
METHODS
Interviews were conducted with 37 students using broad, open-ended questions. Individual demographics were also collected. Focus Group Research was used to investigate the experience of these graduate nursing students. Data were gathered through audio taped interviews and analyzed using the Collazzi method.
RESULTS
The findings related to stressors revealed 5 major themes (loading related to study, conflicts with hospital and occupation, difficulty of home management, destruction of biorhythm, loading of economy and pay for photocopying) and 15 relevant subthemes. The findings related to responses revealed 4 major themes (negative change in body, negative change in mental state, negative emotion and response about family, psychosocial loading - and 32 relevant subthemes. The findings related to coping revealed 12 major themes; for example, social support, interpretation positively, self disclosure, devoted study, temporary avoidance - and 16 relevant subthemes.
CONCLUSION
These results indicate that nurses, hospitals, and other graduate schools should continue to develop of stress management programs and their linkages with more comprehensive integrated health delivery system.

Keyword

Graduate nursing students; Stressor; Response; Coping

MeSH Terms

Demography
Focus Groups*
Humans
Nursing
Occupations
Periodicity
Self Disclosure
Students, Nursing*

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