DESCRIPTION OF ACADEMIC ANXIETY OF 3 RD YEAR STUDENTS DIPLOMA OF NURSING SIDOARJO POLYTECHNIC HEALTH MINISTRY OF HEALTH SURABAYA

Abstract

The results of WHO research in 2019 show that depression and anxiety cause global
economic losses of 1 trillion USD each year due to loss of human resource productivity. Anxiety is a
feeling of uneasiness, worry, as well as fear. The research design used in this study is "descriptive"
research, which is a research design that aims to describe current events. Academic anxiety is a broad
scope that includes anxiety related to academic activities. Research design used in this research are
“descriptive” research is design research aimed at describe (explain) current events, done in a way
systematic and places more emphasis on data factual rather than inferring with conduct a survey on
variables. Based on the results of research on the anxiety level of D3 Nursing students in Sidoarjo,
most respondents experienced a moderate level of anxiety, totaling 74 students (78.7%). it was found
that the academic anxiety aspect of half of the respondents (50%) experienced aspects of academic
anxiety due to self-expectations, namely a total of 47 students. The results of the above research show
that the causes of anxiety in these students differ from one individual to another. The results are
reinforced by open questions related to current anxiety, most of which cause students to experience
anxiety at this time is the difficulty of dividing time to do the final project (KTI).