Hong Kong Baccalaureate Nursing Students' Stress and Their Coping Strategies in Clinical Practice

Journal of Professional Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 307-313

  Chan, Christine K L ^a   So, Winnie K W ^b   Fong, Daniel Y T ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Baccalaureate nursing students; Clinical practice; Coping; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BURNOUT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COPING BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HONG KONG; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONALITY TEST; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SELF CARE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS; SELF CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 69949158154     PISSN: 87557223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.profnurs.2009.01.018     Document Type: Article

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