3LLS1 - Effect of Mindfulness Meditation on Nursing Student Anxiety During Simulation

Abstract : Abstract
Simulation is widely used in nursing curriculum and is used as a replacement for clinical hours. Simulation does cause anxiety in nursing students which decreases their ability to learn and translate knowledge into nursing practice. The purpose of this project was to examine the effect of mindfulness meditation on nursing student anxiety when administered during simulation pre-brief. Bandura's social learning theory was used as a theoretical framework for the project since simulation is completed in a social setting where learning occurs through observation and the replication of observed nursing processes and skills. The project was a one group pre-and post-questionnaire design. The State Trait Anxiety Inventory was used to measure pre and post anxiety levels. The project included second-year nursing students from one community college with three different nursing program sites.
The results included 23 students and had a clinically significant reduction in anxiety (p value > .001). The results support using mindfulness meditation during simulation pre-brief to reduce nursing student anxiety during simulation because mindfulness is an easy way to reduce anxiety and improve the learning experience. Mindfulness resulted in a reduction of anxiety and students reported an increase in teamwork.

Please include a short summary of your presentation that highlights why an attendee would want to participate in your session.: The presentation will include results from a project that examined the use of mindfulness in pre-brief to reduce anxiety in nursing students during simulation. The project results supported using mindfulness as a strategy to reduce nursing student anxiety and also improve team dynamics.