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Current Pediatric Research| Volume: 22
November 28-29, 2018 | Dubai, UAE
15
th
World Congress on
Pediatrics, Clinical Pediatrics and Nutrition
28
th
International Conference on
Nursing Practice
Joint Event
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Psychological distress and coping strategies among nursing and medical laboratory science students at
Fakeeh college for medical sciences
Abd Al-Hadi Hasan
Fakeeh College for Medical Sciences, Saudi Arabia
T
he aims of this study were to identify and compares levels
and types of stressors as well as coping behaviors among
nursing and Medical Laboratory Sciences (MLS) at baseline
and at the end of the semester. Data were collected using a
convenience sample of 126 nursing students and 160 MLS
students. The results showed that ‘‘teachers and nursing staff’
’and ‘‘assignments and workload’’ were the highest sources
of stress among nursing and MLS students. But this was much
higher among nursing students. In addition, lack of professional
knowledge and skills were cited the least stressors among both
students’groups.Themostcommoncopingbehaviorsusedwere
adopted among nursing students were avoidance techniques at
baseline comparedwithproblemsolving found inMLS students.
e:
aalhasan@fakeeh.carePediatrics and Clinical Pediatrics 2018
& Nursing Practice 2018, Volume 22
DOI: 10.4066/0971-9032-C2-006