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Academic Stress And Anxiety In Nursing Students: An Aerobic Exercise Intervention, Mariko Danielle Aka
Academic Stress And Anxiety In Nursing Students: An Aerobic Exercise Intervention, Mariko Danielle Aka
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Background: The demands of rigorous nursing education programs often cause students to experience high levels of stress and anxiety during their schooling. Moderate to high academic stress and anxiety levels impact nursing students around the world. This is significant as academic stress and anxiety contribute to decreased academic success, program completion, and student health.
Local Problem: Students at Kettering College and Southern Adventist University were found to have moderate academic stress and anxiety using the SNSI and GAD-7.
Intervention: Participants (N = 24) engaged in a 4-week aerobic-exercise intervention. They were required to complete a minimum of 80 …
The Effect Of Physical Activity On The Mental Health Of Pre-Nursing Students And Undergraduate Student Nurses, Larinda J. Fandrich
The Effect Of Physical Activity On The Mental Health Of Pre-Nursing Students And Undergraduate Student Nurses, Larinda J. Fandrich
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Mental health concerns are on the rise among the college-aged student. College students face a great deal of stress, which can lead to depression and anxiety. Nursing students, as a sub-group of college students, are under even greater stress related to rigorous course work and the responsibility of caring for other people, which can lead to greater depression and anxiety. This study aimed to determine what effect, if any, physical activity has on depression and anxiety scores using the PHQ-9 and GAD-7 instruments in pre-nursing and nursing students. In this study, physical activity is defined as is “any bodily …
The Green Rx: An Intervention In Nurse Anxiety And Depression, Melissa Dawley
The Green Rx: An Intervention In Nurse Anxiety And Depression, Melissa Dawley
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Assessing The Effect Of Aromatherapy On Fundamental Nursing Student Cognitive Test Anxiety: A Mixed Methods Approach., Regina Lankford
Assessing The Effect Of Aromatherapy On Fundamental Nursing Student Cognitive Test Anxiety: A Mixed Methods Approach., Regina Lankford
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Background and Objectives: Will aromatherapy make a difference on student cognitive test anxiety among fundamental nursing students? The purpose of this literature review was to assess the effect of aromatherapy as a teaching strategy to decrease test anxiety and improve student cognition and academic performance.
Methods: A pilot research study was conducted on eight fundamental nursing students, using a mixed method approach. Phenomenology looked at student perceptions while quantitative used a correlation randomized approach. For every test a pre and posttest anxiety questionnaire and pulse rate was collected. The students were exposed to aromatherapy treatment alternating with no …