The Effect of Mindfulness Caring against the Stress in Nursing Students in Taking on Thesis

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.