The physical and mental health of nursing students has "deteriorated" in recent years, according to a survey published on Wednesday by their national federation (Fnesi), which also points to "chronic" precariousness and "daily" harassment.

As in 2017, the Fnesi surveyed the approximately 100,000 nursing students on their overall "well-being".

More than 15,000 responded and the results are “mind-boggling”.

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Announcement of the results of the 2022 Well-Being Survey:



‼️ 15,652 responses



❌ Degraded physical health



- 18% of ESIs are self-financing (up to €9,000/year)



- 80.9% of ESIs have pain musculoskeletal



—> 1 ESI out of 2 consumed.

painkillers pic.twitter.com/xzXCisHCWw

– FNESI (@La_FNESI) May 17, 2022


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More than one in four students on sleeping pills

More than a quarter (28%) say they take sleeping pills, a figure up by more than 20 points in five years.

More than a third (37%) take pain medication 'several times a week' or 'every day', about the same as those (42%) who suffer from musculoskeletal pain 'often' or 'all the weather ".

Like bodies, minds are bruised.

Nearly two-thirds (61%) believe that "their mental health has deteriorated since the start of their training", nine points more than in 2017. The main symptoms of this "clear worsening" all show an increase in less equivalent: anxiety attacks (48%), depression (28%), suicidal ideation (16%).

A worrying precariousness

To make matters worse, their precariousness becomes chronic and the majority of them (58%) “have to work alongside” their 35 hours per week of lessons or internships.

Nearly a third (29%) were even forced to “make a choice in their spending”, in particular to the detriment of food or menstrual protection.

Future caregivers, often young women aged 18 to 25, experience discrimination (26%) related to age, appearance or origins, and harassment (31%), by other caregivers in most case.

One in six even reports having suffered sexual violence, mostly from patients.

The training most requested by future graduates on Parcoursup resembles “an infernal spiral”, concludes the Fnesi.

For its president, Mathilde Padilla, “this alert must serve to raise real awareness among the supervising institutions”.

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