Academic stress in students of the Nursing Program at the University of los Llanos

Abstract

Introduction: academic stress is a systemic process, of an adaptive and essentially psychological nature that is presented in a descriptive way, whereby the student is subjected in academic contexts to a series of demands that, based on their own valuation, are considered stressors. By estimating that these demands overflow the resources with which it takes to carry them out, a systemic imbalance is caused that produces a series of symptoms in the student. Esto obliges you to react in search of recovering the balance of your system. Objective: to identify the level of academic stress experienced by students of the Nursing Program at the University of the Llanos during the second academic period of 2021. Materials and methods: this is a quantitative, descriptive and cross-sectional investigation. It is carried out through a sociodemographic survey and the SISCO inventory. Results: a total sample of 193 Nursing students from all semesters was approached, which showed that 96.3% of the students suffered some level of academic stress. Conclusion: the students of the Nursing Program of the University of the Llanos have a high level of academic stress, which presents itself with multiple signs and symptoms, and they use their own strategies to overcome these crises, which put them at risk of deserting or suffering some alteration in mental health.