NAPS Student Nurse Stress Index
For each situation you have encountered during your preparation to become a nurse, indicate HOW STRESSFUL it has been for you IN THE PAST MONTH.
Welcome Nursing Students. We appreciate your participation in this survey.
There are 25 questions in this survey.
Student Nurse Stress Index
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1. How stressful is the amount of classwork material to be learned?
Choose only one of the following
Not Stressful
Slightly Stressful (2)
Neutral (3)
Stressful (4)
Extremely Stressful (5)
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2. How stressful is the difficulty of the classroom material to be learned?
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Not Stressful
Slightly Stressful (2)
Neutral (3)
Stressful (4)
Extremely Stressful (5)
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3. How stressful are examinations and/or grades?
Choose only one of the following
Not Stressful
Slightly Stressful (2)
Neutral (3)
Stressful (4)
Extremely Stressful (5)
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4. How stressful is the competition with your peers or classmates?
Choose only one of the following
Not Stressful
Slightly Stressful (2)
Neutral (3)
Stressful (4)
Extremely Stressful (5)
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5. How much stress do you feel because of the attitudes or expectations of other professionals toward nursing?
Choose only one of the following
Not Stressful
Slightly Stressful (2)
Neutral (3)
Stressful (4)
Extremely Stressful (5)
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6. How stressful to you is the lack of free time?
Choose only one of the following
Not Stressful
Slightly Stressful (2)
Neutral (3)
Stressful (4)
Extremely Stressful (5)
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7. How much stress do you feel because of the college's responses to student needs?
Choose only one of the following
Not Stressful
Slightly Stressful (2)
Neutral (3)
Stressful (4)
Extremely Stressful (5)
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8. How stressful is the fear of failing a course?
Choose only one of the following
Not Stressful
Slightly Stressful (2)
Neutral (3)
Stressful (4)
Extremely Stressful (5)
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9. How stressful are actual personal health problems.
Choose only one of the following
Not Stressful
Slightly Stressful (2)
Neutral (3)
Stressful (4)
Extremely Stressful (5)
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10. How stressful to you are the health problems of family members?
Choose only one of the following
Not Stressful
Slightly Stressful (2)
Neutral (3)
Stressful (4)
Extremely Stressful (5)
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11. How much stress do you feel because of your relationships with your parents?
Choose only one of the following
Not Stressful
Slightly Stressful (2)
Neutral (3)
Stressful (4)
Extremely Stressful (5)
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12. How stressful to you are other personal problems (relationship with partner)?
Choose only one of the following
Not Stressful
Slightly Stressful (2)
Neutral (3)
Stressful (4)
Extremely Stressful (5)
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13. How stressful to you are relations with other professionals (faculty, nurses, physicians)?
Choose only one of the following
Not Stressful
Slightly Stressful (2)
Neutral (3)
Stressful (4)
Extremely Stressful (5)
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14. How much stress is caused by your feelings that you have too much responsibility as a student nurse?
Choose only one of the following
Not Stressful
Slightly Stressful (2)
Neutral (3)
Stressful (4)
Extremely Stressful (5)
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15. How much stress do you feel because of the lack of timely feedback about your performance?
Choose only one of the following
Not Stressful
Slightly Stressful (2)
Neutral (3)
Stressful (4)
Extremely Stressful (5)
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16. How much stress do you feel because of patient/client attitudes toward you?
Choose only one of the following
Not Stressful
Slightly Stressful (2)
Neutral (3)
Stressful (4)
Extremely Stressful (5)
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17. How much stress do you feel because of your patient/client attitudes about your profession?
Choose only one of the following
Not Stressful
Slightly Stressful (2)
Neutral (3)
Stressful (4)
Extremely Stressful (5)
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18. How much stress do you feel because of the atmosphere created by instructors/faculty?
Choose only one of the following
Not Stressful
Slightly Stressful (2)
Neutral (3)
Stressful (4)
Extremely Stressful (5)
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19. How much stress do you feel because of the relations with staff in the clinical area (nurses, physicians)?
Choose only one of the following
Not Stressful
Slightly Stressful (2)
Neutral (3)
Stressful (4)
Extremely Stressful (5)
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20. How much stress do you feel because you are unsure what is expected of you?
Choose only one of the following
Not Stressful
Slightly Stressful (2)
Neutral (3)
Stressful (4)
Extremely Stressful (5)
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21. How much stress do you feel because there is no time for fun, entertainment, or recreation?
Choose only one of the following
Not Stressful
Slightly Stressful (2)
Neutral (3)
Stressful (4)
Extremely Stressful (5)
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22. How much stress do you feel because there is not enough time for your family?
Choose only one of the following
Not Stressful
Slightly Stressful (2)
Neutral (3)
Stressful (4)
Extremely Stressful (5)
PLease enter any comments and clarifications you have about the above questions.
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