Impact of an intervention program with reinforcement on nursing students' stress and anxiety levels in their clinical practices.

Background And Objective: Several interventions have resulted in effectively reducing stress and anxiety in nursing students, however the efficacy of these interventions has only been investigated in the short term. This study had to objectives 1) to determine the effect of an intervention program to manage stress and anxiety in nursing students during clinical practices with two phases, phase I composed by cognitive behavioral therapy and progressive muscle relaxation and phase II or reinforcement phase with progressive muscle relaxation and 2) to determine the effect of phase I of the intervention program to manage stress and anxiety in nursing students during clinical practices.

Design: An experimental, analytical, longitudinal and prospective study.