TY - BOOK AU - AU - Cabajes, Ma. Vernaliz C. AU - Estrera, Johna Mae A. AU - Olarte, Katrina Audrey M. AU - Tremedal, Felix Antjony A. TI - Student nurses' stress and coping strategies during online classes in a University PY - 2020/// CY - Cebu City, Philippines PB - University of Cebu - Banilad KW - Online class KW - Student nurses KW - Coping strategies KW - Stress level N2 - Abstract: The closure of thousands of schools has disrupted more than day-to-day education, and learners ventured into relatively newer learning territory, especially in nursing education. This study aimed to determine the stress level and coping strategies of student nurses in the University of Cebu - Banilad attending online classes School Year 2020-2021 First and Second Semester and its corresponding relationships with the profile of the respondents. The researchers employed a quantitative research design; a survey was purposively administered to 249 respondents using a Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale-21 and the Filipino Coping Strategies Scale Questionnaires. Results revealed that the depression level of risk of the nursing students was recorded to be at a moderate level; a disturbing fraction of these students scored at least severe to extremely severe anxiety and comforting to show that 35.37% of these online learners recorded normal stress levels. In terms of coping, religiosity was perceived to be the most practices strategy. It can be concluded that the pandemic online modality in providing learning and education has given a toll on the psychological well-being of nursing students. Future researchers may also include the impact of risk for depression, anxiety, and stress of the students as a result of their online classes to their academic performance within the semester; they may also include the rising population of male nurses ER -