Using Healing Touch to Help Junior Nursing Students With Their Anxiety. Klein, G. Jean; Lowe, Katharine; Krouse, Melissa

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2 Using Healing Touch To Help Junior Nursing Students with their Anxiety 25 th STTI Conference, Hong Kong July 26, 4:10Pm Jean M. Klein, PhD, PMHCNS, BC Melissa Krouse, BSN Katharine Lowe, MA, BSN, CWOCN, HNB, BC, RM, HTP

3 Healing Touch Study Klein*, Krouse** & Lowe*** Learner Objectives: Review the basics of healing touch Energy healing; Chakra identification ; Hands off/ hands on; & Pendulum swing Examine research methodology Enrollment & maintenance of students ; Instruments used ; & Research findings No Conflict of Interest *Widener University, Chester PA; St. Christopher s Children s Hospital, Phila. PA; & ***Christiana Medical Center, Newark, DE Widener University Provost Grant funded this study

4 Acknowledgements Widener University Nursing Students, Class of 2015 Widener University Provost Grant funded this study

5 PROBLEM Junior nursing students transition from knowledge based lower division courses to application based upper division courses Putting IT all together Taking care of patients in hospital Palpable Anxiety Increased anxiety from previous study What can be done to lower their anxiety?

6 Literature Review Lai (2006) Spielberger s State Trait Anxiety Inventory & Test Anxiety Inventory Glaister (2007) Medication calculations & anxiety Yucha & Prato (2010) Nursing program & anxiety Wang & Hermann (2006) HT & agitation in male residents with dementia Jain et al. (2012) HT with Guided Imagery & PTSD in active military personnel

7 Healing Touch Janet Mentgen, BSN, RN practice Biofield therapy Energy based healing Noninvasive Balance energy fields around the body

8 PURPOSE To investigate if a Healing Touch session could lower junior nursing students anxiety. Hypothesis Healing Touch sessions will decrease anxiety in junior nursing students.

9 Methodology Widener University IRB Approval Quasi-experimental Single group, no control Same Healing Touch Practitioner for all sessions

10 Methodology 166 students in the first M/S class invited to participate One week after 1 st test 88 students consented (53%) & filled out Demographic Data Form

11 Methodology Spielberger s State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) Pre-test before HT session One, 50-minute HT session per student by same Certified Healing Touch Practitioner Returned STAI Post-test 3-7 days post session to PI $10 Wawa gift card

12 Healing Touch Energy therapy Practitioners use hands to support & facilitate physical, emotional, mental & spiritual health Means to facilitate healing & decrease anxiety (Wang & Hermann, 2006) No current research on HT and nursing students

13 Hands on/hands off & Pendulum Swings Hands On/Hands Off Permission to touch Nurses have this license Go over the chakras Pendulum Swing Assessing pre & post intervention Reviewed study purpose

14 Chakras Similar to electrical circuits or software programs Process information 7 Chakras from the crown of the head to soles of the feet Students invited to set own intention

15 Demographics Demographic Mean Age Gender Race Marital Status Have Children Working 1.03 (female) 6.39 (white) 2.94 (single) 1.91 (no) 1.52 (no) Number of Hours 4.84 Previous Degrees Repeating Courses Housing Status 0.03 (no) 1.97 (no) 1.85 (campus housing) Grade on Last MS Exam GPA

16 Results 37 HT sessions provided (42%) 33 returned post-test (89.12%) 2 returned post-test after 7 days (5.44%) 2 never returned post-tests (5.44%)

17 Results State Anxiety Scores Pre-test Post-test Mean change 2.79 p =.001 Examinations Test Mean Test Mean Mean change p =.001

18 Discussion Statistically significant increase in state anxiety & decrease in examination scores may be due to: Clinical experiences Classes perceived as difficult Testing More application based exam questions Personal issues Only one HT session per student Timing of HT sessions Demographics (families, jobs, etc.)

19 Limitations One university Schedule Student schedule HTP schedule 2-3 days per week, 3 students per day No-shows Returning post-test 2 students returned post-test after 7 days 2 students did not return post-test

20 Conclusions State anxiety increased post-ht intervention Examination scores decreased post-ht intervention More research is warranted Investigate other anxiety reducing interventions

21 Recommendations Scheduling appointments via More than one HT session Begin sessions prior to first exam Anxiety may be highest at this time Compare results to demographics With more data Reach out to other level students

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24 References Jain, S., McMahon, G. F., Hasen, P., Kozub, M. P., Porter, V., King, R., & Guarneri, E. M. (2012). Healing touch with guided imagery for PTSD in returning active duty military: A randomized controlled trial. Military Medicine, 177(9), Lai, H. L. (2006). A preliminary study of music effects on nursing students' test anxiety. International Journal of Human Caring, 10(2), 85. Kitchie, S. (2014). Determinants of learning. In S. B. Bastable's Nurse as educator. Principle of teaching and learning for nursing practice (4th ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning.

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