Effect of progressive muscle relaxation exercise on clinical stress and burnout in student nurse interns
Sıdıka Pelit-Aksu1, Sultan Özkan-Şat1, Şengül Yaman-Sözbi R1
1Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey.
Purpose:
To determine the effects of progressive muscle relaxation exercise (PMRE) on clinical stress and burnout in student nurse interns.
Design And Methods:
This is a randomized controlled trial. Interns were divided into control group (CG; n = 78) or experimental group (EG; n = 67) randomly. PMRE was performed by students in the EG. Personal information form, Burnout Measure Short Version (BMS) and Physio-Psycho-Social Response Scale (PPSRS) for nursing students were administered to both groups in the first and last meeting.
Findings:
There was a significant difference in posttest scores between groups; EG posttest scores on the BMS, on the PPSRS, and subscales were lower than those of the CG.
Practice Implications:
PMRE training ameliorates burnout and PPSRs to stress during clinical practice in nursing students.
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