Rapid Anxiety Reduction Tools for Nursing Staff, Faculty and Students
Anne M. Devney
COJ Nursing & Healthcare May 14, 2018 DOI: 10.31031/cojnh.2018.02.000546 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Review Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Interventions | Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) breathing meditation yoga body-scan awareness exercise |
| Topics | Anxiety |
| Key findings | Argues that mindfulness, defined as nonjudgmental present-moment awareness, can serve as a stress-reduction technique for nurses, nursing students, and nurse educators, and that it may also help foster improved critical thinking. Describes Jon Kabat-Zinn's Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction program, which uses breathing, meditation, yoga, and a body-scan awareness exercise. |
Abstract
A. Review use of mindfulness as a stress reduction technique. B. Review rapid anxiety reduction techniques that faculty members can use. C. Review those strategies. In addition to selection of stress reduction techniques, the nurse and nurse educator might consider how use of these elements may help foster improved critical thinking. The National League for Nursing’s Guide for Teaching Thinking calls for exploring context, content and course of going forward. Reflection is a critical component of assessing the relevance of content and how to use the information to go forward. Using mindfulness can provide the nurse, nursing student, and nurse educator with means for enhancing critical thinking. Mindfulness is defined as awareness of the present moment, being nonjudgmental, simply having a sense of who and where you are. Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn, University of Massachusetts, developed a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program several years ago. Program elements assist the individual to foster awareness of the present moment and uses techniques such as breathing, meditation, yoga, and a body-scan awareness exercise. Mindfulness increases awareness of one’s 5 senses, noticing landscapes of your mind without holding on or pushing out what one is feeling
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