“Estrés académico en estudiantes de la carrera de Enfermería de la Universidad Técnica de Ambato”

Abstract

This research project aims to determine the main factors of academic stress in the students of the Nursing Career of the Technical University of Ambato. The method used was the quantitative, descriptive design, cross section. The population consisted of 803 students legally enrolled in the period September 2019- February 2020, from which a sample of 203 students of different levels of the Nursing Career of the Technical University of Ambato was obtained samples adjusted to losses, with a confidence level of 95%, accuracy of 3% and proportion of 5%. For this purpose, a sociodemographic tab, the Academic Stress Inventory (IEA), was used. As a result, it was obtained that the female gender prevails with 74% of the participants, in terms of marital status 93% are single, 90% of participants do not have children as well as 88% do not do any other activity than the study, the average age of the participants is 20,79 years. The main stressors were academic overload manifesting a lot of stress 28%, followed by lack of time to fulfill academic activities with 22% and the third outstanding stressors is to take an exam with 15%, the stimulus less stressful manifested by students was intervention in the classroom with 2% and other activities with 4%. It was concluded that the triggers for stress are the poor organization of time, as well as students’ poor attention to classes and lack of self-confidence.