Stress is any type of change that causes physical, emotional, or psychological strain. Stress among students is mainly caused by balancing school schedules, preparing for and taking exams. Individual life with the requirements of school are all possible stressors in a student’s life. Nursing students are not exceptional; they also have similar demands that lead to rigorous course load and clinical competency requirements. However, in Rwanda, there is no research that has been done on stress among nursing students. Therefore, the purpose of this research is to adapt a model of stress management for students studying in selected schools of nursing in Rwanda. The results of the adapted stress management model will be proposed to the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Education for being used in developing policies related to stress management among nursing students in Rwanda. Nursing schools will likely use the model to prevent and manage stress among nursing students in Rwanda. Nursing students will be aware of causes of stress and through self-initiative will try to avoid stress by using stress management model. The study results will likely be used by other nurse researchers as a point of reference when involved in research related to stress management. The Stress Management Model for nursing students in Rwanda was successfully adapted based on the existing theory stated as” Transactional Model” of Dr Richard Lazarus and Dr Suzan Folkman and it has 4 major concepts namely stress, appraisal, coping and reinforcement. Nursing students who participated in the model testing showed a high level of enthusiasm about the model of stress management.
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