The Effect of Mindfulness Caring against the Stress in Nursing Students in Taking on Thesis Munif Badrul1,*, Poeranto Sri2, Utami Yulian Wiji3 1Student of Nursing Master Program, University of Brawijaya 2Department of Parasitology, University of Brawijaya 3Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, University of Brawijaya *Corresponding author: Badrul Munif, E-mail: Munifbadrul2@gmail.com
Online published on 11 October, 2019. Abstract Academic load such a thesis as final project is a stressor that can lead to stress in nursing students. This resulted in a lazy student would not do so pending thesis of the study. Mindfulness caring an educative supportive action to build awareness, understanding the problems encountered with the full acceptance, performed with great faith and independently to achieve the desired goal. This study aimed to determine the effect of mindfulness therapy to decrease stress caring nursing students in the face of the thesis. This study uses a quasi-experimental design one group pre-post test. The population in this study were nursing students who are experiencing stress in the face essay The College of Health Sciences Banyuwangi. Samples were 18 people who obtained using purposive sampling technique based on the level of stress experienced by students. Retrieving data using questionnaires of Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS) and then analyzed by univariate and bivariate analysis. The results of the bivariate analysis using paired T-test showed a significant difference between the stress of students before and after treatment mindfulness caring with p=0.004 (P <0.05). The conclusion of this study is Mindfulness Caring proven effective in reducing stress on nursing students in the face of the thesis. Top Keywords Mindfulness caring, stress, nursing students, thesis. Top |