The Effect of Mindfulness Program on Clinical Stress Nursing Students - Trial NCT06259955

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Primary Outcome

clinical stress score

Summary

Nurses are important members of the team in the provision of health services, which determine
 and help the health needs of the individual, family and society, while working towards the
 protection and development of health, as well as taking responsibility in therapeutic
 services. Nurses, who are permanent members of the professional health team, need to be
 trained with certain skills for effective nursing care while they are still in the education
 process. These skills are essential skills in practice, such as critical thinking, clinical
 decision making, communication, creativity, coping with stress, and problem solving. The
 education process consists of two parts, theoretical and practical, in order to develop these
 skills. Clinical practical training is the cornerstone of nursing education.
 
 Clinical practice helps to provide effective and quality care by increasing the psycho-motor
 skills, analysis ability and clinical decision-making skills of the student. In studies
 conducted with nursing students, it is seen that clinical practices are among the most
 important sources of stress.
 
 Considering the reasons for the stress they experience in practice; practice for the first
 time, fear of making mistakes, harming the patient, difficulty in making clinical decisions,
 communication with nurses, lecturers and friends, lack of information, and self-confidence
 problems.
 
 It is seen in the results of studies that students who experience stress in clinical practice
 have difficulty in decision making, decrease in their performance and self-confidence,
 decrease in professional career motivation, and a high tendency to make medical mistakes.
 Strategies for coping with stress are important when experiencing and managing stress. There
 are two types of coping strategies: problem-based and emotion-based. While problem-based
 coping aims to change the stressful event, the aim of emotion-based coping is to suppress and
 manage the emotions related to the stressful event. Stress mechanism and levels do not show
 effective results through problem-based coping alone. Emotion-based coping processes are also
 important. Orientation programs, simulation trainings, and laboratory practices with nursing
 students focus only on the knowledge level of clinical stress.There is also a need for
 studies on the emotional aspect of stress in the application areas. Being able to cope with
 stress effectively is important for students to benefit from the theoretical and clinical
 education they receive in a quality manner, to create a good experience and professional
 identity, and to develop effective coping behaviors.

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