Evaluation of a Brief Stress Management Workshop for Incoming Nursing Students

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a brief stress management workshop on nursing students' perceived stress and resilience. Students who received the stress management intervention during orientation had significantly higher resilience scores and lower stress scores 1 year later during COVID-19 than the comparison group.

Grit, resilience and growth‐mindset interventions in health professional students: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

“…Twenty‐five studies investigated the impact of resilience interventions on students' resilience (Table 1). Six of the sixteen studies eligible for meta‐analysis did not initially report sufficient data to include in meta‐analyses 48–50,63–65 . Missing data was obtained for two studies on request 48,63 .…”

“…No studies measured resilience, grit and/or mindset together. The secondary outcome of wellbeing was measured via perceived stress (n = 9) [48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56] , burnout (n = 4) 55,[57][58][59] and anxiety (n = 3). [60][61][62] One study reported measures of academic success via course scores.…”

“…Six of the sixteen studies eligible for meta-analysis did not initially report sufficient data to include in metaanalyses. [48][49][50][63][64][65] Missing data was obtained for two studies on request. 48,63 Meta-analysis of 13 trials with 990 participants showed resilience interventions improved resilience moderately (pooled SMD 0.74, 95%CI 0.03 to 1.46, I 2 96%) (Figure 2a) compared to sham or no intervention.…”

“…48,[51][52][53][54] The GRADE certainty of evidence for this analysis was moderate after downgrading for risk of bias (Table 2). The remaining four studies had insufficient data to include in meta-analysis 49,50 or were single group studies 55,56 and reported mixed findings on intervention effects on perceived stress.…”