The Effect of Mindfulness Program on Clinical Stress Nursing Students

In the hybrid education process, the group that received their first year education online realized their first face-to-face clinical practice this year. In the fall semester, internal medicine nursing course and practice, and in the spring semester, surgical diseases nursing course and practice. These two practice areas, which have a high tendency to make medical errors, require clinical decision-making skills and increase stress levels, constitute the beginning of clinical practice. Studies show that the most stressful period for students is the second year of their education (Alzayyat \& Al- Gamal, 2014; White, 2011; Coram, 2015). This is because their professional knowledge and skills are not yet fully developed and they are not sufficiently prepared to meet the demands for higher level knowledge and skills (Alzayyat \& Al- Gamal, 2014; Coram, 2015). Based on the results of these studies, our study group consisted of second-year students.