Abstract:
Background: Clinical education is a significant part of nursing education, but students frequently perceive it as stressful. There is no valid and reliable scale to determine the clinical stressor perceptions of nursing students in Turkey.Objective: The study aims to adapt the Nursing Students' Clinical Stressor Perceptions Scale (NSPCSS) into Turkish and perform its validity and reliability study for nursing students.Method: The research was conducted in a methodological design between 30 September 2021 and 1 November 2021. The sample consisted of 304 nursing students.Results: The Cronbach's alpha reliability coefficient of the NSPCSS is 0.912. The retest coefficient is 0.90 and the item correlation values are between 0.404 and 0.689.Conclusion: The study has shown that the NSPCSS-TR is a valid and reliable assessment tool to evaluate clinical stressors in nursing students.