Honors College Theses

Publication Date

2026

Major

Nursing (BSN)

Release Option

Open Access

Faculty Mentor

Dr. Jessica Miller

Abstract

This project aims to explore the burnout that nursing students experience while going through nursing school. There are plenty of stressors that affect nursing students and their performance in the classroom, so the goal is to identify these stressors and find ways to cope with them to improve classroom performance and decrease the number of students who quit while in school. Finding ways to make nursing school a better experience overall will help improve the outcomes coming out of school and starting to work. A survey was given to research multiple cohorts in the Georgia Southern University Nursing program to evaluate their stress level, workload, and coping strategies. I hypothesized that nursing students, overall, have plenty of factors in and out of the classroom that affect their performance, such as finances, nutrition, and even socialization. I also hypothesized that nursing students who are later on in the program have developed coping skills and are better able to juggle their work.

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