International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR) ISSN (Online): 2319-7064 Impact Factor (2012): 3.358 Volume 3 Issue 12, December 2014 www.ijsr.net Licensed Under Creative Commons Attribution CC BY Effectiveness of Selected Interventions on Stress Level among Nursing Students Sneha Pitre 1 , Ranjana Tryambake 2 , Dhanya Nair 3 1 Principal, BVDU College of Nursing, Pune, India 2 Assistant Professor, BVDU College of Nursing, Pune, India 3 Assistant Professor, BVDU College of Nursing, Pune, India Abstract: Nursing students are a group particularly prone to stress due to transitional nature of college life. Purpose : To assess effectiveness of selected interventions on stress level among nursing students of Bharati Vidyapeeth college of Nursing Pune, India Objectives : - To assess the stress level of Nursing students before and after the selected interventions. To compare the stress level of nursing students before and after implementation of selected interventions. To associate the findings with selected demographic variables. Methods : This was a pre-experimental study of 40 Nursing students studying in Bharati Vidyapeeth College of Nursing Pune during the academic year of 2013-14.The assessment of symptoms and perceived stress were obtained from the students. A selected intervention includes Pranayama, Relaxation therapy, and music therapy was given to the students daily for one month. Post test taken after one month. Results : The result of the study showed that, majority of 65% of the nursing students had mild stress (Score 0-24) before selected interventions, 32.5% of them had moderate stress (score 25-48) and 2.5% of them had severe stress (score 49-72). In posttest, majority of 92.5% of them had mild stress (Score 0-24) and 7.5% of them had moderate stress (Score 25-48). This shows that there is remarkable decrease in the symptoms of stress level of the nursing students. Regarding the perception of stress, majority of 85% of the nursing students had moderate perceived stress (Score 14-26), 10% of them had severe perceived stress (score 27-40) and 5% of them had mild perceived stress (Score 0-13) before selected interventions. In posttest, majority of 75% of them had mild perceived stress (Score 0-13) and 25% of them had moderate perceived stress (Score 14-26).Conclusion : The current interventions (pranayama, relaxation therapy and music therapy) will assist in decreasing the stress among the nursing students. Keywords: Effectiveness, Interventions, Stress Level, Nursing Students. 1. Introduction The dynamic relationship between the person and environment in stress perception and reaction is especially magnified in college students. The problems and situations encountered by nursing students may differ from those faced by their non-nursing student’s peers. The environment in which college students live is quite different. The literature shows that Nursing students are having stressed towards continue evaluation, clinical posting, and the pressure to earn good grades. Other potential source includes excessive assignments, relation with faculty members and time pressure. The amount of stress experienced may be influenced by the individual’s ability to effectively cope with stressful events and situations. 2. Review of Literature Health is a state of complete physical mental and social well being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. Psychological health can be broadly referred to as a state of absence of stress, anxiety depression etc. From that notion mental health is becoming more apparent where it determinates the overall well being of societies and country. Therefore for all individuals mental health is vital and crucial to their overall well being. There are many purposes for reviewing the literature before conducting a research study: [8] Stress has been identified as a 20 th century disorder and has been viewed as a dynamic transaction between individuals and their environment. Stress can be regarded as a psychological threat, in which the individual perceives situation as a potential threat [1]. Moderate amounts of stress help to motivate students and, at times, increase their performance, while too high levels of stress interferes with academic performance. Thus an important factor to be considered when studying stress is to explore which sources of stress are motivating and beneficial, and which sources of stress are detrimental. The outcome of stress may be dependent up on its source and its severity [2]. Excessive stress can be harmful to a student's academic performance and students who perceive their stress levels as very high may often become depressed [3]. This depression can lead to mental health problems, such as excessive corrupted interpersonal relationships [4]. Academic stress among college students has been a topic of interest for many years. College students, are prone to stress due to the transitional nature of college life For example, many college students move away from home for the first time, which can necessitate leaving all previously learned support systems such as parents, siblings and high school friends [5]. Stress among nursing students has been well documented; a study [6] found that nursing students suffer from long hours of study, multiple assignments, lack of free time, lack of timely feedback and lack of faculty response to Paper ID: SUB141009 2432