Music in Academia for Undergraduate Nursing Students: A Randomized Controlled Study.

Over time, unmanaged stress and anxiety can potentially impact nursing students' health and academic performance. A randomized controlled approach explored the effects music has on stress and anxiety levels in undergraduate nursing students. Students ( n = 89) were randomized into two recording groups, and variables such as demographics, heart rate, blood pressure, and State-Trait Anxiety (STAI) scores were measured and compared.

Music as Medicine: A Concept Analysis.

Music is a powerful emotional tool that can be used as an effective coping mechanism, as "medicine." Musical interventions are used in many areas of health care and medical sciences to meet the physical, psychological, social, and emotional needs of individuals. This article provides a theoretical definition of the concept of music as medicine: The use of music as a non-pharmacological strategy for coping and healing, based on its therapeutic properties, using a modification of Walker and Avant's method to identify antecedents, attributes, consequences, and empirical referents.

Applying Newman's theory of health expansion to bridge the gap between nursing faculty and Generation Z.

Background: The Generation Z nursing student presents with a set of unique challenges from a faculty perspective since they have experienced technology and the use of screens since infancy. Nursing faculty require a different approach to this generation in order to communicate with, engage, effectively teach, and retain these students, all while revisiting their ideology of what defines student success.

Approach: Newman's (1994) Theory of Health as Expanding Consciousness serves as a framework that nursing faculty can use to guide interactions and build relationships with Generation Z students to promote autonomy and critical thinking.

Effects of Reflective Practice on Baccalaureate Nursing Students' Stress, Anxiety and Competency: An Integrative Review.

Background: Reflective practice affects all levels of nursing, including students, as well as practicing nurses. Self-reflective practice is a widespread concept in nursing; however, few empirical studies have demonstrated the possible effects of such a practice. The purpose of this integrative literature review was to identify evidence of the effects of self-reflective practice on baccalaureate-level nursing students, especially stress.