Stress management strategies for NP practice.
Denise R Felsenstein
PMID 38271149WHAT IT FOUND
Brief breathing, guided imagery, mindfulness, and humor can be taught during a visit when a patient appears distressed.
This narrative review gives steps and examples, but does not prove the techniques work.
Key findings
01The article outlines four strategies for nurse practitioners to teach patients: breathing techniques, guided imagery, meditation/mindfulness, and laughter/humor.
02It gives a sequence for managing a distressed patient: assess the trigger, plan, implement a strategy, and evaluate whether stress decreased.
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What it does not show
This is a narrative review, not an original study, so it does not test any stress management technique. It does not describe how the cited studies were selected or checked. The case scenario describes one patient, so it cannot show that the techniques work for others. Many benefit statements are based on physiology or cited studies, not on outcomes measured in this article.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read this as proof that teaching stress management reliably reduces patient stress or symptoms. It is a narrative review with a case example and summarized prior studies, not a trial of the techniques.