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Providing Mbsr Tools To First Year Adn Nursing Students: A Dnp Project, Katherin Brandt
Providing Mbsr Tools To First Year Adn Nursing Students: A Dnp Project, Katherin Brandt
Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects
Abstract
As part of the educational training provided to nursing students it is important to not only provide information regarding stress management, but also to give them tools that they can use to handle stressful situations more effectively. Literature supports the use of mindfulness techniques practiced regularly to decrease stress and anxiety. This DNP project developed, implemented, and evaluated the addition of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) techniques into the curriculum of the first-year Medical Surgical nursing course in a prelicensure Associate Degree Nursing program. The project was guided by Watson’s Theory of Human Caring and the Model for Improvement (PDSA …