Introduction: The clinical learning environment is a complex social entity that influences student competency within the clinical setting. Anxiety contributes to a student__ampersandsignrsquo;s performance in the clinical setting because it initiates the fight-or-flight response lead ing to a positive or negative outcome. Aim: The study was aimed to assess the level of anxiety among nursing students during the initial clinical experience. Methodology: A nonexperimental descriptive survey was adopted for the study. The sample comprised of 50 first-year General Nursing and Midwifery course and 50 first-year BSc nursing students were selected using a simple random technique. Demo graphic Performa and Zung Self-Rating Anxiety Scale were used to collect the data. Results: Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyse the data. The analysis revealed that 83% of the students were having a normal range of anxiety whereas 17% of the students were having a mild to moderate level of anxiety with a Mean __ampersandsignplusmn;SD (1.17__ampersandsignplusmn;0.318). The Chi-square test showed that there was a significant association between anxiety and the number of siblings (p=0.004) at a 0.05 level of significance whereas no association was found between anxiety and other demographic variables. Conclusion: The findings revealed that the teaching and training given to the students before the clinical experience was ad equate and appropriate.