Anxiety and comfort levels of nursing students

Abstract

This research was planned to determine the comfort and anxiety levels of the nursing students. In this descriptive study, research population consisted of the students studying in a School of Nursing of a university in the 2011-2012 academic year (N = 710). The students to be included in the sample were selected through stratified sampling method depending on the sizes of classes (n = 221). In the research, data were collected through group-type questionnaire method in the classroom environment by using the Student Information Form developed by the researcher, General Comfort Questionnaire (GCQ) and Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI). It was concluded that the students participating in the research had moderate level of comfort and low level of anxiety.