ISSN: 2782-893X
eISSN: 2799-0664
ISSN: 2782- 893X
—— This study determined the coping strategies among the level four nursing students in the clinical area. It tackled their age, civil status, monthly family income of parents, occupation, and school category. It tackled the nursing students’ coping strategies: time management, peer support, mentorship and guidance, self-care practices, cognitive coping strategies, effective study habits, balancing academic performance, support services, feedback and reflection, and adaptability and resilience. The study utilized the descriptive research design and a survey questionnaire as the main tools for gathering data. Several statistical tools were used, like frequency and percentage, weighted mean, t-test, Scheffe test, and ANOVA (Analysis of Variance). The study was conducted among level four nursing students in selected private and public nursing schools in Pangasinan, composed of 50 students. The student respondents were female-dominated in their early adulthood, parents earning an average income, parents having their own employment, and enrolled in private and public schools. The coping strategies utilized by the nursing students are more on the mentorship and guidance, feedback and retention, and adaptability and resilience aspects and lowest on self-care practices, cognitive coping strategies, and utilization of support services. No significant differences across their profile variables. Significant relationships between utilization of support services and category of school. The profile variables of the nursing students did not affect their coping strategies in the clinical areas. The greater the support the educational institution gives, the better the utilization of support services by the Level IV nursing students as coping strategies in the clinical area. It clearly showed the students utilized many coping strategies in relieving their stresses which focused on prioritizing the assignment or tasks, following strictly on the policies in the clinical area while maintaining good working relationships with their group mates. Most also reward themselves by going for breaks, using their cellphones watching facebook, YouTube TikTok, Instagram, Twitter, and many other social media. They even watch nurses experience how to manage difficult patients, how to apply time management for many patients, techniques on proper communication to patient’s dilemmas, practices to lessen stress. It is possible to replicate other studies by using different variables. Keywords — Coping, Strategies, Nursing Students, Clinical Area, Stress, Management, Level IV