title: Pilot Testing of the NURSE Stress Management Intervention.
abstract: Student nurses experience significant stress during their education, which may contribute to illness and alterations in health, poor academic performance, and program attrition. The aim of this pilot study was to evaluate the feasibility and potential efficacy of an innovative stress management program in two baccalaureate nursing programs in Connecticut, named NURSE (Nurture nurse, Use resources, foster Resilience, Stress and Environment management), that assists nursing students to develop stress management plans. An explanatory sequential mixed-methods design was used to evaluate the effects of the intervention with 40 junior nursing students. Results from this study provide evidence that the NURSE intervention is highly feasible, and support further testing to examine the effect of the intervention in improving stress management in nursing students.
authors.affiliation: University of Connecticut colleen.delaney@uconn.edu.
authors.forename: Colleen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Delaney
authors.affiliation: Quinnipiac University.
authors.forename: Cynthia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Barrere
authors.affiliation: California State University, Fullerton.
authors.forename: Sue
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Robertson
authors.affiliation: University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
authors.forename: Rothlyn
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zahourek
authors.affiliation: University of Central Florida.
authors.forename: Desiree
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Diaz
authors.affiliation: University of Connecticut.
authors.forename: Leeanne
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lachapelle
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D003237:Connecticut; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010865:Pilot Projects; D000066908:Simulation Training / Q000379:methods*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000628:therapy*; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: mixed methods; nursing students; simulation; stress management