Muchiri, Esther2024-04-192020-08-122024-04-192019-07https://repo.pacuniversity.ac.ke/handle/123456789/2989.2Work related stress and Alcoholism is a problem facing the learners in learning institutions. Most students in nursing are found to engage in alcoholism which has detrimental effects among student nurses in the work place environment. The increase in alcoholism among student nurses in their internship in hospitals raise concerns in work related stress. Most of student nurses in Kirinyaga County engage in alcoholism with high cases being reported in Sagana- sub county hospital. Student’s nurses in their internship at Sagana Sub County hospital are most affected where most of them engage in alcoholism and fail to attend to responsibilities assigned. The purpose of the study was to examine the effect of work related stress on alcoholism among Students nurses in Sagana sub county hospital, Kirinyaga County, Kenya. The objectives of the study were to examine workplace stress among the student nurses in Sagana Sub County Hospital, to assess work related stress factors influencing alcoholism among student nurses in Sagana Sub County Hospital, to determine the effects of work related stress and alcoholism among student nurses in Sagana Sub County Hospital and to examine the relationship between work related stress and alcoholism among student nurses in Sagana Sub County Hospital. The study was grounded on social and Cognitive learning theory and also Lazarus theory of stress. The study used descriptive survey research design. The study population was nurse students in internships in Sagana Sub County Hospital in Kirinyaga County who are three hundred in number. The study sample was sixty student nurses. This is 20% of the 300 student’ nurses who were selected using simple random sampling. Data was collected using structured questionnaires and interview guide. The interviews were administered to MoH officials; Medical Directors and the Nurse in charge of the facility. Descriptive analysis which included percentages, frequencies, means and standard deviations were used to analyse data. Correlation analysis was used to establish the relationship between work related stress and alcoholism among student nurses in Sagana Sub county Hospital. The study established that inadequacy of clarity of responsibilities assigned, insufficient support from supervisors and colleagues and poor work life balance contribute to work related stress among student nurses in Sagana Sub County hospital in Kirinyaga County. The study revealed that student nurses were experiencing long working hours and high workload contributed to work related stress among student nurses in Sagana Sub County hospital in Kirinyaga County. The results revealed that student’s nurses engage in alcoholism affecting their job performance at workplace. Based on the findings, the study concluded that student nurses at Sagana medical facility experience high level of work related stress that contributed to alcoholism leading to poor job performance. The study recommends measures should be deployed in an effort to mitigate occurrence of workstress that influence student nurses to engage in alcoholism so as to improve on individual productivity and improve job performance at health facilities in Kenya.enwork related stressAlcoholism among student nursesThesis