Özet:

Today, due to the pandemic, when students go to hospital practice, they experience anxiety about catching the disease or infecting their relatives, and intense stress situations can be observed in students. For this reason, the study was planned as a descriptive study in order to examine the perceived stress levels and coping methods of nursing students who went to hospital practice during the COVID-19 pandemic period. The data of the research; Personal information form, perceived stress scale, and coping styles scale were collected. The research was carried out between 1 June 2021 and 30 August 2021 with 165 students who volunteered to participate in the study, including 2nd, 3rd and 4th year nursing students, after the approval of the ethics committee. Data was collected online via Google Forms. Frequency tables and descriptive statistics were used to interpret the findings. Parametric methods were used for measurement values ​​suitable for normal distribution, and non-parametric methods were used for measurement values ​​not suitable for normal distribution. The mean age of the students participating in the study was 21.20±1.98 years, 52.7% had a COVID-19 test before, 75.8% were not diagnosed with COVID-19, and 74.5% had a person/relative. It was determined that he was afraid of COVID-19. The stress score average of the study group was found to be moderate. The perceived stress scale scores of those who are afraid of the person/relatives being infected with COVID-19 were found to be significantly higher than those who are not afraid of the person/relatives being infected with COVID-19. There was a negative, weak and statistically significant relationship between perceived stress scale scores and self-confident approach and optimistic approach, and a positive, moderate and statistically significant relationship between perceived stress scale scores and helpless approach. As a result, for the problems faced by nursing students during the COVID-19 pandemic, the relevant departments at the university should make the necessary effort to take stress-reducing measures and determine the stress levels, and further studies should be carried out to think about solutions.