Page No 75-84
Bindu John and Munira Al-Sawad
University of Bahrain, Kingdom of Bahrain
Nursing students experience potential sources of stress – inducing situations and
emotions as they deal with patients in clinical areas. The study explored perceived stress
in clinical areas and emotional intelligence among 135 baccalaureate nursing students
from second year to fourth year attending College of Health Sciences, Bahrain. The
Perceived Stress Scale and The Schutte Emotional Intelligence Scale were adopted.
The highest perceived stress experienced by the nursing students was from assignments
and workload and was found among the fourth year students. Moderate to severe
overall stress levels were experienced by all baccalaureate nursing students in clinical
areas. The Post hoc analysis of F-test revealed significant perceived stress levels from
lack of professional knowledge and skills among the second year students. Emotional
intelligence by gender and year of study was not statistically significant. Overall perceived
stress scores and emotional intelligence showed a negative correlation