{"title":"Addressing Nursing Students' Anxiety During Simulation Sessions: A Pilot Intervention Study.","authors":"Yurou Wang, Andrea F Sartain","doi":"10.3928/01484834-20240501-03","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Although simulation-based education plays a vital role in nursing education, it consistently induces high levels of anxiety among nursing students. This study aimed to implement a mindfulness intervention to alleviate anxiety in nursing students during simulation sessions.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>This randomized controlled trial study included 54 nursing students. Both survey and emotion track system data were collected and analyzed using multivariate analysis of covariance.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The intervention effectively reduced anxiety among students in the experimental group compared with students in the control group during simulation sessions. The frequency (F[1, 53] = 6.145, <i>p</i> = .016), intensity (F[1, 51] = 3.771, <i>p</i> = .050), and duration of anxiety felt by students (F[1, 50] = 4.223, <i>p</i> = .017) decreased after the intervention. However, no long-term effects of the intervention were identified.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The implementation of a mindfulness intervention successfully alleviated anxiety among nursing students during simulation. <b>[<i>J Nurs Educ</i>. 2024;63(9):577-583.]</b>.</p>","PeriodicalId":94241,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of nursing education","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The Journal of nursing education","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.3928/01484834-20240501-03","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Background: Although simulation-based education plays a vital role in nursing education, it consistently induces high levels of anxiety among nursing students. This study aimed to implement a mindfulness intervention to alleviate anxiety in nursing students during simulation sessions.
Method: This randomized controlled trial study included 54 nursing students. Both survey and emotion track system data were collected and analyzed using multivariate analysis of covariance.
Results: The intervention effectively reduced anxiety among students in the experimental group compared with students in the control group during simulation sessions. The frequency (F[1, 53] = 6.145, p = .016), intensity (F[1, 51] = 3.771, p = .050), and duration of anxiety felt by students (F[1, 50] = 4.223, p = .017) decreased after the intervention. However, no long-term effects of the intervention were identified.
Conclusion: The implementation of a mindfulness intervention successfully alleviated anxiety among nursing students during simulation. [J Nurs Educ. 2024;63(9):577-583.].