Background: Primary menstrual pain is a well-known gynecological disorder among adult females including nursing undergraduate students. Nursing students tend not to seek medical treatment. As a result, this affects th...Background: Primary menstrual pain is a well-known gynecological disorder among adult females including nursing undergraduate students. Nursing students tend not to seek medical treatment. As a result, this affects their quality of academic life and also absenteeism rate is increased. Objectives: To evaluate the prevalence of menstrual pain and its effect on sickness absenteeism on nursing student. Methods: This is a descriptive survey research design study by means of using a validated and modified questionnaire. Questionnaire information regarding menstrual pain severity, history and absenteeism were included. The research took place in the collage of nursing at the largest University in the world, Princess Nourah Bint Abdelrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. A total of 100 single, female, unmarried undergraduate nursing students (Year 1, 2, 3, 4) were recruited by personal invitation during lectures. Result: The prevalence of menstrual pain was 92%. Most of the nursing students 27% had menstrual pain of moderate grade 5 - 6 and 38% of nursing students did not take pain medication for it. Lecture and collage absenteeism due to menstrual pain was present in 9% and 30% respectively. Finally, there was no significant correlation between menstrual pain and age of menarche, age and height. Conclusion: Menstrual pain is widely common prevalent among nursing undergraduates. As a result, it affects the quality of students’ day-to-day life routine. The majority of nursing students’ rarely seeks medical treatment. Providing health and patient education to improve awareness on managing menstrual period might help in avoiding students’ absence from classes.展开更多
Purpose: Nursing profession is considered as a stressful and demanding job. The purpose of this research was to determine stressors types and degrees over two data collection periods in 2015-2016. Methods: This is a q...Purpose: Nursing profession is considered as a stressful and demanding job. The purpose of this research was to determine stressors types and degrees over two data collection periods in 2015-2016. Methods: This is a quantitative descriptive research study. A purposive sample of 55 female nursing students (complete 4th year cohort) from Princess Nourah University took part in this study. Results: The results highlight that the most influential cause of stress were factors related to taking care of patients, teachers and nursing staff. Moreover, nursing students reported increased level of stress comparing them in two different time periods. Conclusions: To overcome these clinical stressors, it requires students to be equipped with competent knowledge, skills and experience in dealing with the changing needs of patients’ condition. Future research should explore nursing students’ beliefs and causes of stress and how it can be avoided by conducting a qualitative research study.展开更多
文摘Background: Primary menstrual pain is a well-known gynecological disorder among adult females including nursing undergraduate students. Nursing students tend not to seek medical treatment. As a result, this affects their quality of academic life and also absenteeism rate is increased. Objectives: To evaluate the prevalence of menstrual pain and its effect on sickness absenteeism on nursing student. Methods: This is a descriptive survey research design study by means of using a validated and modified questionnaire. Questionnaire information regarding menstrual pain severity, history and absenteeism were included. The research took place in the collage of nursing at the largest University in the world, Princess Nourah Bint Abdelrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. A total of 100 single, female, unmarried undergraduate nursing students (Year 1, 2, 3, 4) were recruited by personal invitation during lectures. Result: The prevalence of menstrual pain was 92%. Most of the nursing students 27% had menstrual pain of moderate grade 5 - 6 and 38% of nursing students did not take pain medication for it. Lecture and collage absenteeism due to menstrual pain was present in 9% and 30% respectively. Finally, there was no significant correlation between menstrual pain and age of menarche, age and height. Conclusion: Menstrual pain is widely common prevalent among nursing undergraduates. As a result, it affects the quality of students’ day-to-day life routine. The majority of nursing students’ rarely seeks medical treatment. Providing health and patient education to improve awareness on managing menstrual period might help in avoiding students’ absence from classes.
文摘Purpose: Nursing profession is considered as a stressful and demanding job. The purpose of this research was to determine stressors types and degrees over two data collection periods in 2015-2016. Methods: This is a quantitative descriptive research study. A purposive sample of 55 female nursing students (complete 4th year cohort) from Princess Nourah University took part in this study. Results: The results highlight that the most influential cause of stress were factors related to taking care of patients, teachers and nursing staff. Moreover, nursing students reported increased level of stress comparing them in two different time periods. Conclusions: To overcome these clinical stressors, it requires students to be equipped with competent knowledge, skills and experience in dealing with the changing needs of patients’ condition. Future research should explore nursing students’ beliefs and causes of stress and how it can be avoided by conducting a qualitative research study.
