{"title":"Prelicensure Nursing Students’ Anxiety in the Mental Health Clinical Setting: A Qualitative Study","authors":"Amanda Girardi PhD, RN, CNE , Jacqueline Marshall PhD., MSN-Ed, MPH, RN, CNE , Briana L. Snyder PhD, RN, PMH-BC, CNE, RYT 200","doi":"10.1016/j.teln.2024.11.005","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Clinical placement anxiety is a common phenomenon for prelicensure nursing students, known to have various deleterious effects. Nevertheless, there is a dearth of information regarding how to manage prelicensure nursing students ‘anxiety in the mental health clinical setting.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Thirty-seven prelicensure nursing students participated in this descriptive phenomenological research study. Students completed three journal entries throughout their mental health clinical rotation, including before and after engaging in an educational intervention on anxiety-reducing strategies.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Three major themes were derived from the aggregate data, including <em>perceptions of anxiety, triggers for anxiety</em>, and <em>coping with anxiety</em>.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>The results support the need to improve curricula to adequately prepare and manage students’ anxiety, which is often present in the mental health clinical setting. More research is needed to identify strategies that help reduce clinical placement anxiety.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46287,"journal":{"name":"Teaching and Learning in Nursing","volume":"20 1","pages":"Pages e269-e275"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9000,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Teaching and Learning in Nursing","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S155730872400235X","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"NURSING","Score":null,"Total":0}
Prelicensure Nursing Students’ Anxiety in the Mental Health Clinical Setting: A Qualitative Study
Background
Clinical placement anxiety is a common phenomenon for prelicensure nursing students, known to have various deleterious effects. Nevertheless, there is a dearth of information regarding how to manage prelicensure nursing students ‘anxiety in the mental health clinical setting.
Methods
Thirty-seven prelicensure nursing students participated in this descriptive phenomenological research study. Students completed three journal entries throughout their mental health clinical rotation, including before and after engaging in an educational intervention on anxiety-reducing strategies.
Results
Three major themes were derived from the aggregate data, including perceptions of anxiety, triggers for anxiety, and coping with anxiety.
Conclusions
The results support the need to improve curricula to adequately prepare and manage students’ anxiety, which is often present in the mental health clinical setting. More research is needed to identify strategies that help reduce clinical placement anxiety.
期刊介绍:
Teaching and Learning in Nursing is the Official Journal of the National Organization of Associate Degree Nursing. The journal is dedicated to the advancement of Associate Degree Nursing education and practice, and promotes collaboration in charting the future of health care education and delivery. Topics include: - Managing Different Learning Styles - New Faculty Mentoring - Legal Issues - Research - Legislative Issues - Instructional Design Strategies - Leadership, Management Roles - Unique Funding for Programs and Faculty