Evidence-Based Research on Stress Management and Mindfulness Program for Nursing Students

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The undergraduate student population are suffering from high level of stress and psychological health issue that
is increasing day by day due in order to achieve excellence in their profession. The three primary articles used in
this critical appraisal will summarise the intervention that can be used to overcome the stress issue and
psychological health issue.
Hintz, Frazier & Meredith (2015) highlighted the concept of theory-based online intervention to improve the
health condition of the student by appropriate stress management technique (Kim et al., 2016). The
undergraduate students were included in the investigation and two different pilot test was conducted to clarify
and confirm if the intervention suggested is effective in controlling the stress and psychological health issue
among the students. The intervention had four different modules that was taken by the participants randomly.
Different scores were extracted from the trial on the basis of helpfulness and the stress logs. Each participants
submitted their feedback on the basis on which the efficacy of the internet based intervention was assessed and
identified that will reduce the stress and psychological issue among the undergraduate student.
Van der Riet et al., (2015) conducted a seven week pilot project that focused on the impact of mindfulness
program and stress management for reducing stress level among the nursing and midwifery students. The stress
management program was conducted in the regional university in Australia. Total of 14 participants were
included in the program studying in their first year graduation in nursing and midwifery students. Descriptive
qualitative design was used by the researcher in this study to identify the impact of the program followed by a
semi-structured group interview (Ratanasiripong et al., 2015). Thematic analysis was performed for generating
notes and transcript extracted from the interview of the participants. Ten participants showed a positive impact of
the program by reducing the negative cognitions and increasing concentration, thought clarity and sleep. Hence,
mindfulness program exhibited positive result in reducing the stress of undergraduate nursing and midwifery
students in Australia.
He et al., (2018) conducted this study to examine the conjecturers of mental well-being in the nursing students
within regional university of Australia. The researchers identified that stress has a negative effect on the
psychological well-being of the student whereas internal factors like resilience, self-efficacy and mindfulness
will exhibit a positive impact on the nursing student (Shearer et al., 2016). The researcher used a cross- sectional
descriptive analytical model accompanied by convenience sampling method where the nursing and midwifery
students participated in the study. Six types of validation scale was used to assess the students administered by
the online survey to further the factors affecting the mental well-being of the students. The younger students had
lower stress level as compared to the older students and hence required a specific curriculum that will support
positive strategy of stress management.
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All the above mentioned three articles highlight the concept of stress-management among students who have to
deal with their study, work and family in the demanding and complex environment. The findings extracted from
the articles focused on different intervention strategy that will reduce the stress and psychological issue among
the students. Significant study was conducted with different students and regression analysis was done to identify
the result of the participated population in improving their stress and mental well-being. Hence, development of
effective curriculum by the university will help the students to reduce stress associated with mindfulness program
and online intervention program (Zimmaro et al., 2016). This program will assist the students in improving their
psychological condition and reducing the burden of stress they face in their everyday life. If the above mentioned
intervention is successfully used by the students it will help them to improve their stress level and reduce any
psychological illness they are facing in their life.
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References
He, F. X., Turnbull, B., Kirshbaum, M. N., Phillips, B., & Klainin-Yobas, P. (2018). Assessing stress, protective
factors and psychological well-being among undergraduate nursing students. Nurse education today, 68,
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Hintz, S., Frazier, P. A., & Meredith, L. (2015). Evaluating an online stress management intervention for college
students. Journal of counseling psychology, 62(2), 137.
Kim, S., Lee, H., Kim, H., Noh, D., & Lee, H. (2016). Effects of an integrated stress management program
(ISMP) for psychologically distressed students: A randomized controlled trial. Perspectives in
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Ratanasiripong, P., Park, J. F., Ratanasiripong, N., & Kathalae, D. (2015). Stress and anxiety management in
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van der Riet, P., Rossiter, R., Kirby, D., Dluzewska, T., & Harmon, C. (2015). Piloting a stress management and
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