The Description Of Psychological Conditions Facing Basic Nursing Clinical Practice Of Level II Semester III Students Of STIKES Dirgahayu Samarinda

Abstract

Basic Nursing Clinical Practice (PKK) in a health service setting must be carried out by students to obtain learning outcomes related to meeting patients' basic needs. PKK's experience of going to the clinic/field for the first time, problems always arise including just meeting patients and their families, students' knowledge is still minimal, the environment is new, meeting hospital staff and having a big responsibility because they directly provide nursing care to patients, so This is not an easy thing and concerns/stress, anxiety and depression arise in students which results in students being able to withdraw during practice, or their assignments cannot be completed. The aim of the research is to understand the description of the psychological conditions faced by basic nursing clinical practice for level II students in the third semester of Stikes Dirgahayu Samarinda.

Descriptive quantitative research method using cluster random sampling technique, data collection using the DASS 42 questionnaire, 4-choice Likert scale with 42 question items. Research results: Descriptive analysis of students' psychological conditions based on DASS 42 questionnaire data, gave the following results. The level of student depression is in the severe category. Based on the average score in the severe category, the percentage in the severe category is almost 30 percent, and the percentage in the very severe category is more than 20 percent. The student's anxiety level is in the very severe category. based on the average score which is classified as very severe, and the percentage in the very severe category is 76.50 percent. Student stress levels are classified as severe-very severe transition category. based on an average score between the intervals of the severe and very severe categories, and the total percentage in the severe-very severe category is not less than 70 percent.