• M. Deepa
• Dr. Rohina Rabecca Francis

Abstract Stress is a part of day to day living. As college students may experience stress meeting academic demands, adjusting to a new living environment, or developing friendships. A study to evaluate the effectiveness of guidance and counselling programme on stress and coping pattern among newcomers of nursing course in a selected Nursing college at Dharmapuri, Tamilnadu was undertaken using an evaluative approach with a pre-experimental one group pre-test post-test design. The study was conducted at Omsakthi college of Nursing, Dharmapuri. 40 newcomers of nursing course students who met the inclusion criteria were selected conveniently. The tool consisted of demographic data and structured questionnaire with 30 items related to stress. A pilot study was conducted among 20 first year B.Sc Nursing students at Paspo College of Nursing, Dharmapuri. Guidance and counselling Programme was given after pre-test. Each session of Programme lasted for about 30 minutes. Post-test was conducted after seven days. The findings suggested that there was a significant reduction of stress among the students after guidance and counseling program. Their coping levels increased after the guidance and counseling program. There was a highly negative correlation and marked relationship between pre-test stress and pre-test coping scores which was significant at 0.05 level.

Effectiveness, Guidance and counselling, Stress and Coping, Newcomers, Nursing Course.

"Effect of guidance and counselling on stress and coping among newcomers of nursing course in a selected Nursing college at Dharmapuri, Tamilnadu", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.12, Issue 5, page no.e616-e623, May-2025, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2505543.pdf

"Effect of guidance and counselling on stress and coping among newcomers of nursing course in a selected Nursing college at Dharmapuri, Tamilnadu", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.12, Issue 5, page no. ppe616-e623, May-2025, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2505543.pdf