About the Authors Debra S. Heinrich, EdD, RN, is a nurse educator, Nurses International, Anoka, Minnesota. Kathleen A. O'Connell, PhD, RN, FAAN, is Isabel Maitland Stewart Professor of Nursing Education, Teachers College Columbia University, New York, New York. The authors wish to thank Shohini Holden, EdD, for her invaluable contribution to this study and all the nursing students who participated. For more information, contact Dr. Heinrich at
Nurs Educ Perspect. 2024;45(1):31-36. doi: 10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000001159. Epub 2023 Jun 20.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of a virtual mindfulness meditation intervention on stress and anxiety levels of 145 nursing students.
Because of the twin demands of classroom and clinical workloads, nursing students experience greater amounts of stress and anxiety than the average college student. Mindfulness meditation is a promising method to alleviate stress and anxiety.
A pretest-posttest randomized controlled design was used. Participants received either weekly mindfulness meditation recordings or recordings on nursing information. Participants completed the Perceived Stress Scale and the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 Scale.
A two-way mixed analysis of variance and follow-up simple main effects tests revealed that participants in the experimental group, who received meditation recordings, experienced significantly lower levels of stress and anxiety on posttest surveys than the control group.
Mindfulness meditation can reduce stress and anxiety levels in nursing students. This can improve students' overall mental and physical well-being.
本研究旨在评估虚拟正念冥想干预对 145 名护理专业学生的压力和焦虑水平的影响。
由于课堂和临床工作量的双重要求,护理专业的学生比普通大学生承受更大的压力和焦虑。正念冥想是一种缓解压力和焦虑的有前途的方法。
采用前测-后测随机对照设计。参与者接受每周正念冥想录音或护理信息录音。参与者完成了感知压力量表和广泛性焦虑障碍 7 项量表。
双向混合方差分析和后续简单主效应检验显示,接受冥想录音的实验组在测试后调查中经历的压力和焦虑水平显著低于对照组。
正念冥想可以降低护理专业学生的压力和焦虑水平。这可以提高学生的整体身心健康。