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Amrutha Paul
Anit Moncy
Anumaria George
Jisbi James
Rosemary K.R.
Sreelakshmi K.G.
Varsha P.A.
Vidhya V.V.
Kavitha.B.
Nursing students across the world experience stress and anxiety throughout their education and training. In view to this, a descriptive study was under taken to assess the barriers perceived by the nursing students. The objective of the study was to assess the barriers perceived by nursing stu dents during their course of study, To identify skill most important for the nursing students and To find out the association between barriers perceived by nursing students with their selected demographic variable. Descriptive design was used and the samples were 53 final year B.sc nursing students who fulfilled the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Purposive sampling technique was used. The data were collected through demographic variables, structured questionnaire and list of Skills. The data analysis rev ealed that out of 5 3 samples 40 students (75.47%) perceived moderate level of barrier, 3 students (5.66%) have felt mild level of barriers and 10 students (18.86%) had perceived severe barriers during their nursing course. Regarding the most identified sk ill, the students have rated in the order of communication skill (49.05%), language skill (18.8%), time management skill (9.4%), study skill (9.4%), Nurse mentoring skill (9.4%) and lastly professional writing skill (3.77%).
Keywords: Barriers, Perceived, Nursing students, Course of study