An Exploratory Study: Reducing Nursing Students Stress Levels Facilitate Perceived Quality of Patient Care
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=47027#.VGLy6mfHRK0 Author(s) Kristiann T. Williams Affiliation(s) School of Nursing, Weber State University, Ogden, USA . ABSTRACT The aim of this project was to examine if stress levels in Associate Degree (AD) nursing students can affect their perceived quality of care provided to patients. Nursing students experience tremendous amounts of stress especially during their clinical experience. High levels of stress may affect the quality of patient care provided. This project implemented a stress reducing workshop and an instructional deep breathing compact disk (CD) to determine the effects of this intervention upon the stress level...