J Korean Acad Soc Nurs Educ.  2017 Aug;23(3):300-308. 10.5977/jkasne.2017.23.3.300.

The Relation between Stress of Clinical Practice and Burnout among Nursing Students: The Mediation Effect of Spiritual Well-being

• Lee DY
• Park JK
• Choi MY

• KMID: 2391153
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5977/jkasne.2017.23.3.300

Abstract

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study is to examine the factors that influence the clinical practice of nursing students and to identify the mediating effects of spiritual well-being in the relation between stress of clinical practice and burnout caused by clinical practice.
METHODS
Data were collected by self-report questionnaires targeting 420 nursing students in three nursing colleges located in Gyeonggi and Chungnam province.
RESULTS
Burnout of clinical practice according to general characteristics of the study subjects showed significant difference in religion (t=1.895, p=.049). Stress of clinical practice and burnout of clinical practice showed positive correlation (r=.42, p<.001), existential spiritual well-being showed negative correlation between stress of clinical practice (r=-.17, p<.001) and burnout of clinical practice (r=-.47, p<.001). In addition, religious spiritual well-being in spiritual well-being showed no mediating effects and existential spiritual well-being showed mediating effects between burnout in clinical practice stress.
CONCLUSION
In order to alleviate the stress of clinical practice for burnout of clinical practice prevention of nursing students, solutions to improve the existential spiritual well-being will be required in the future.

Keyword

Professional burnout; Psychological stress; Spirituality; Nursing students

MeSH Terms

Burnout, Professional
Chungcheongnam-do
Gyeonggi-do
Humans
Negotiating*
Nursing*
Spirituality
Stress, Psychological
Students, Nursing*