Student-Led Stress Reduction Support Groups: A Qualitative Program Evaluation.
Journal
The Journal of nursing education
ISSN: 1938-2421
Titre abrégé: J Nurs Educ
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 7705432
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Dec 2023
Dec 2023
Historique:
medline:
6
12
2023
pubmed:
5
12
2023
entrez:
4
12
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Burnout and attrition in nursing have been accelerated by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Nursing students experience greater stress than non-nursing students but often lack adequate institutional support to build resiliency. Support groups are an effective strategy for processing stress that are underused in nursing education. An innovative online stress impact course was developed at a college of nursing to address students' stress during the pandemic. The course culminated in a voluntary virtual support group led by a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner graduate student. The aim of this qualitative program evaluation was to determine how graduate nursing students experienced the stress support group. This study used qualitative exploratory analysis of support group reflections from 47 graduate nursing students. Four themes emerged: (1) Making Positive Connections; (2) Leveraging Skills to Manage Stress; (3) Beneficial; and (4) Facing Trauma. Graduate student-led support groups are a feasible and effective strategy to mitigate stress and improve nursing student resiliency.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
UNASSIGNED
Burnout and attrition in nursing have been accelerated by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Nursing students experience greater stress than non-nursing students but often lack adequate institutional support to build resiliency. Support groups are an effective strategy for processing stress that are underused in nursing education. An innovative online stress impact course was developed at a college of nursing to address students' stress during the pandemic. The course culminated in a voluntary virtual support group led by a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner graduate student. The aim of this qualitative program evaluation was to determine how graduate nursing students experienced the stress support group.
METHOD
UNASSIGNED
This study used qualitative exploratory analysis of support group reflections from 47 graduate nursing students.
RESULTS
UNASSIGNED
Four themes emerged: (1) Making Positive Connections; (2) Leveraging Skills to Manage Stress; (3) Beneficial; and (4) Facing Trauma.
CONCLUSION
UNASSIGNED
Graduate student-led support groups are a feasible and effective strategy to mitigate stress and improve nursing student resiliency.
Identifiants
pubmed: 38049308
doi: 10.3928/01484834-20231006-09
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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