A Comparison of Perceived Stress in Nursing Students and Students of Other Majors
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University Honors College, Middle Tennessee State University
Abstract
This thesis is a pilot comparative research study to explore and compare the
perceived stress levels of junior-level nursing students and junior level students of other
majors. My objective was to determine if nursing students generally feel more stressed
than other students, which was inspired by my personal experiences throughout nursing
school. For this project I conducted a survey of junior-level nursing students and junior level students of other majors, then ran statistical analyses of the data I collected using
Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software. The findings indicated that
nursing majors did average a higher score on the perceived stress scale than the nonnursing majors. Additional findings showed that there was a statistically significant
correlation between nursing majors and increased level of stress; however, this
significance was not strong and needs further exploration with a larger population.