[Stress in nursing students and graduate nurses in inpatient psychiatry]

This article deals with differences in work satisfaction, general state of well being, somatic complaints and work load of psychiatric student nurses and graduated nurses. Data were collected from a sample of 53 psychiatric student nurses and 145 graduated nurses. The graduated nurses reported an unexpectedly high job satisfaction of 70% compared to other working groups in hospitals. The student nurses were more content with their work and reported less somatic complaints. Furthermore the student nurses found in 20 cases certain duties less strenuous. In addition, the student nurses reported a more negative general state of well being.