Stress is mostly prevalent among nursing students because of the transitional nature of their academic and clinical life balance. Therefore, an exploratory research study with quantitative approach was undertaken, to assess the stress level of Nursing students and identify the factors provoking stress by convenience sampling technique at SCB College of Nursing, Cuttack, Odisha. Sample size for this study was 298 Nursing students. Data were collected in two phases. The stress level of students had been assessed through K10 stress scale in First phase and factors causing stress were identified through structured checklist in second phase among the nursing students having stress. The findings of the study showed that highest 27 percentage of nursing students were in mild stress, the factor contributing the most to the level of stress was clinical factor. Chi square analysis indicated that there was a significant relation between stress level of nursing students with their working area at p value less than 0.05, which depicts that working area in clinical set up is a major cause that provokes stress level.