The effect of hypnotherapy on exam anxiety among nursing students

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Farrahdilla Hamzah ◽  
Khairi Che Mat ◽  
Safiya Amaran
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Vital Signs ◽  
Serum Cortisol ◽  
Anxiety Score ◽  
Serum Cortisol Level ◽  
First Year ◽  
High Tendency ◽  
Mind And Body ◽  
Exam Anxiety ◽  
Clinical Measurements

Abstract Objectives This study examines the effect of hypnotherapy on exam anxiety among first-year nursing students. Nursing students have high tendency to experience stress and anxiety. Anxiety therapy which encompasses mind and body would be helpful for them. Methods Sixty first-year nursing students participated in this interventional study. The hypnotherapy sessions started eight weeks prior to second exam. Outcome of hypnotherapy were assessed by measuring the exam anxiety score using TAI and clinical measurements (serum cortisol and vital signs). The measurements were done twice, there are two exams, where first exam and measurement were 1 day before exam (without hypnotherapy) and the second exam and measurement were 1 day before exam (with hypnotherapy). Results The mean difference of exam anxiety score and serum cortisol level between pre and post hypnotherapy sessions was statistically significant. Conclusions This study found that hypnotherapy is an effective tool in the management of exam anxiety among the nursing students.

scholarly journals Yoga is an effective technique of stress reduction within the medical population: a biochemical study in MBBS students of BRD Medical College, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 1326
Author(s):  
Vikash K. Tiwari ◽  
Shashi Pandey ◽  
Ragini Mishra
Keyword(s):  
Cortisol Level ◽  
Stress Reduction ◽  
Serum Cortisol ◽  
Serum Cortisol Level ◽  
Control Group ◽  
P Value ◽  
First Year ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Stress Marker ◽  
Yoga Group

Background: Medicine is a profession with high-stress prevalence. There are many stress markers but cortisol is one of the commonly used stress marker. Stress begins in the first year of medical carrier and increases with subsequent years of medical education. There is a decrease in overall academic performance and many health-related adverse effects due to stress. In this study, yoga was performed in the first year MBBS students of BRD Medical College, Gorakhpur and the impact of yoga in stress reduction was studied using serum cortisol as stress a marker.Methods: Study groups, yoga and control contained 26 and 27 subjects including male and female MBBS students. Yoga group practiced selected yogic asana, pranayama, and yoga nidra for 3 months. The control group as a stress marker had been kept in touch and allowed to go on their usual activity as before. Morning (8.00 AM to 9.00 AM) serum cortisol level was used as a stress marker in both group, pre and post-study.Results: There was a significant reduction in morning serum cortisol level (stress level) in yoga group (p-value = 0.0271) but there was no significant change in morning serum cortisol level of the control group (p-value = 0.8573).Conclusions: Yoga is an effective stress reduction technique for medical students. Yoga classes should be introduced in the first year of the medical carrier under the supervision of expert physiologists. This may lead to the implantation of a healthy lifestyle in our future healthcare providers. Yogic practice by health care providers may have long term positive impacts on our healthcare system.

scholarly journals The Effects of Holy Quran Recitation on Physiological Stress Response in Mechanically Ventilated Intensive Care Unit Patients: A Pilot Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nur Fariza Ramly ◽  
Mohd Basri Mat Nor ◽  
Azrina Md Ralib ◽  
Nur Atiyah Ibrahim ◽  
Nor Adibah Mohd Hadzir ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Physiological Stress ◽  
Vital Signs ◽  
Bed Rest ◽  
Serum Cortisol ◽  
Anxiety Score ◽  
Icu Patients ◽  
Mechanically Ventilated ◽  
Physiological Stress Response

Introduction: Mechanically ventilated intensive care unit (ICU) patients are exposed to stress due to the disease, intervention and surroundings. Pharmacological treatment is commonly used to reduce stress however it could give adverse effects. This study examined whether listening to Quranic recitation helps in reducing stress by observing the effects on vital signs, pain score, anxiety score and serum cortisol level. Methodology: Forty mechanically ventilated ICU patients of IIUM Medical Centre who fulfilled weaning criteria were randomised into Quran (n=7) and control groups (n=23). Patients in the Quran group received 30 minutes of uninterrupted bed rest while listening to Surah Al-Mulk via mp3 player followed by 30 minutes bed rest. For control group, 60 minutes of uninterrupted bed rest was allocated. APACHE score, SOFA score, pain score, anxiety score, serum procalcitonin and serum cortisol were taken before and after intervention. Heart rate (HR), respiratory rate (RR), systolic (sBP) and diastolic (dBP) blood pressure were recorded at 5 minute intervals throughout the intervention period. Results: In the Quran group, vital signs showed decreasing trend from minute 0-30 but increased after minute 60. Both pain and anxiety scores in Quran group showed decreasing trend throughout 60 minutes. In control, the vital signs, pain and anxiety score are unchanged. Serum cortisol in both groups showed increasing trend after the intervention. Conclusion: This preliminary finding demonstrated the potential effects of listening to Quranic recitation in reducing physiological stress response in mechanically ventilated ICU patients. The small sample size may explain decreasing trends but non-statistically significant results.

Effect of simulation on the ability of first year nursing students to learn vital signs

2018 ◽  
Vol 60 ◽  
pp. 101-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evrim Eyikara ◽  
Zehra Göçmen Baykara
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Vital Signs ◽  
First Year

Nighttime serum cortisol level for diagnosis of hypercortisolism in hospitalized patients

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liana Khatsimova ◽  
Uliana Tsoy ◽  
Natalia Kuritsyna ◽  
Elena Grineva ◽  
Elena Litvinenko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cortisol Level ◽  
Serum Cortisol ◽  
Hospitalized Patients ◽  
Serum Cortisol Level

The effectiveness of scenario-based learning to develop patient safety behavior in first year nursing students

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Derya Uzelli Yilmaz ◽  
Esra Akin Palandoken ◽  
Burcu Ceylan ◽  
Ayşe Akbiyik
Keyword(s):  
Patient Safety ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Intramuscular Injection ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
First Year ◽  
Safety Skills ◽  
Safety Behavior ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
Nursing Course

AbstractThe aim of this study was to examine the effect of scenario-based learning (SBL) compared to traditional demonstration method on the development of patient safety behavior in first year nursing students. During the 2016–2017 academic year, the Fundamentals of Nursing course curriculum contained the teaching of demonstration method (n=168). In the academic year 2017–2018 was performed with SBL method in the same context (n=183). Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) that assesses the same three skills was implemented in both academic terms to provide standardization so that students could evaluated in terms of patient safety competency. It was found that students’ performance of some of the steps assessed were not consistently between the demonstration and SBL methods across the three skills. There was a statistically significant difference between demonstration method and SBL method for students’ performing the skill steps related to patient safety in intramuscular injection (p<0.05) Our results suggest that the integration of SBL into the nursing skills training may be used as a method of teaching in order to the development of patient safety skills.

scholarly journals The relationship between empathy and altruistic motivations in nursing studies: a multi-method study

BMC Nursing ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Messineo ◽  
Luciano Seta ◽  
Mario Allegra
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Education ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Linear Models ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Motivational Factors ◽  
Care Process ◽  
First Year ◽  
Young Males ◽  
Young Females

Abstract Background The efficient management of relational competences in healthcare professionals is crucial to ensuring that a patient’s treatment and care process is conducted positively. Empathy is a major component of the relational skills expected of health professionals. Knowledge of undergraduate healthcare students’ empathic abilities is important for educators in designing specific and efficient educational programmes aimed at supporting or enhancing such competences. In this study, we measured first-year undergraduate nursing students’ attitudes towards professional empathy in clinical encounters. The students’ motivations for entering nursing education were also evaluated. This study takes a multi-method approach based on the use of qualitative and quantitative tools to examine the association between students’ positive attitudes towards the value of empathy in health professionals and their prosocial and altruistic motivations in choosing to engage in nursing studies. Methods A multi-method study was performed with 77 first-year nursing students. The Jefferson Scale of Empathy (JSE) – Health Professions Student Version was administered. Students’ motivations for choosing nursing studies were detected through an open question and thematically analysed. Using explorative factor analysis and principal component analysis, a dimensional reduction was conducted to identify subjects with prosocial and altruistic motivations. Finally, linear models were tested to examine specific associations between motivation and empathy. Results Seven distinct themes distinguishing internal and external motivational factors were identified through a thematic analysis of students’ answers regarding their decision to enter a nursing degree course. Female students gained higher scores on the empathy scale than male ones. When students’ age was considered, this difference was only observed for younger students, with young females’ total scores being higher than young males'. High empathy scores were positively associated with altruistic motivational factors. A negative correlation was found between external motivational factors and the scores of the Compassionate Care subscale of the JSE. Conclusions Knowing the level of nursing students’ empathy and their motivational factors for entering nursing studies is important for educators to implement training paths that enhance students’ relational attitudes and skills and promote the positive motivational aspects that are central to this profession.

Are first-year nursing students' lifestyles coherent with their future career?

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. e12511 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Rodriguez-Gazquez ◽  
Sara Chaparro-Hernandez ◽  
José Rafael González-López
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
First Year ◽  
Future Career
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