Stress in Nursing Education: Relaxation Techniques for Mind and Body
Abstract Stress is physical and psychological responses to threatening situations which frequently occurs in nursing education globally. Stress may affect students' health either healthful or hurtful ways. The changes in nursing education such as traditional classroom teaching to student based teaching, practices in laboratories, as well as adjustment to new social cultures of institutes and clinical settings which lead to stress of nursing students. Most studies found that sources of stress are academic studies, clinical practices, and personal or social issues. Effective stress management strategies for decreasing stress of nursing students include Yoga, Meditation, Mindfulness, Autogenic training, and Biofeedback. Therefore, stress in nursing education is challenging for educators to understand natures of stress, sources of stress, and decision to use stress management strategies from diverse cultures to manage stress in nursing context appropriately. Keywords: nursing students, nursing education, stress, stress management khwaamekhrydainkaarsksaathaangkaarphyaabaal: ethkhnkhkaarph`nkhlaay samhrbraangkaayaelacchtaicch bthkhdy` khwaamekhrydepnsphaawathraangkaayaelacchtaiccht`bsn`ngt`sngkhkkhaamthphbaidb`yainkaarsksaathaangkaarphyaabaalthngainpraethsaelataangpraeths odykhwaamekhryd`aacchsngphlkrathbainthaangthepnpraoychnhr`epnothst`skhphaaphkh`ngnksksaa kaareplynaeplngainkaarsksaathaangkaarphyaabaal echn kaarcchdkaarerynkaars`ncchaakennkhrphs`nmaaepnennpherynepnsamkhy kaarfkphaakhptbtthennkaarfkainh`ngptbtkaar tl`dcchnkaarprbtwkbsphaaphsngkhmaihmainsthaabn aelaaehlng fktaang+ lwnsngaihnksksaaphyaabaalekdkhwaamekhryd ngaanwcchyswnaihyphbwaaaehlngthk`aihekdkhwaamekhryd aidaek kaarerynphaakhthRsd kaarfkptbtptbtainkhlnk aelapyhaaswntw aelasngkhmwthkaarcchdkaarkhwaamekhrydthmprasththphlainkaarldkhwaamekhrydkh`ngnksksaaphyaabaal aidaek kaarfkoykha kaarfksmaath kaarfkecchryst kaarfkcchttne`ng aela kaarsath`nklbthaangchwphaaph dngnn khwaamekhrydainkaarsksaathaangkaarphyaabaalcchngepnkhwaamthaathaaykh`ngphs`nthcchaekhaaaicch thrrmchaatkh`ngkhwaamekhrydaehlngkh`ngkhwaamekhryd rwmthng saamaarthel`wthkaarcchdkaarkhwaamekhrydthmmaacchaakhlaakhlaaywthnthrrmaipaichaihehmaaasmkbbrbthkh`ngnksksaaphyaabaal khamsamkhy: nksksaaphyaabaal kaarsksaaphyaabaal khwaamekhryd kaarcchdkaarkhwaamekhryd