4024-25: Anxiety and Aggression Management Training for Undergraduate Nursing Students: A Pilot Study

This presentation shares findings from original research examining the impact of aggression management training on nursing students’ anxiety. It will explore the integration of current practice-based experiential learning into nursing curricula and highlight the importance of this approach in preparing students for mental health nursing clinical rotations.

Presenters:  Paula Baisden, EdD, MSN-Ed, BSN-RN, PMHRN-BC; Allison Danielle Cray, MSN-FNP, BSN-RN

Disclosures:  The APNA planners and faculty have no relevant financial relationships to disclose. Off-label uses will not be discussed during this presentation.

Session Length:  30 minutes

Target Audience:  RN

Learning Outcome:
Upon completion of this presentation, the participant will be able to:

• Describe integration strategies for aggression management content into nursing curricula.

Key Takeaway(s): 

• Addressing nursing students' anxiety about clinical violence improves safety, confidence, and engagement, leads to more meaningful and effective clinical learning.
• Exposure to staff violence-prevention techniques significantly reduces student anxiety, allowing them to feel safe, present, and ready to participate in mental health clinicals.
• Integrating aggression management content into nursing curricula prepares students to recognize, respond to, and learn from real-world clinical safety practices confidently and calmly.

Keywords:  Patient Violence, Immersive Learning, Prelicensure Nursing

Nursing Continuing Professional Development:
0.5 contact hours.  * In order to receive contact hours, you must: Listen to the entire presentation, complete the reflection activity, evaluation, and honor statement before the expiration date. Once all steps are successfully completed, a certificate will be generated online and available for you to print immediately. Contact hours cannot be awarded unless all required components are completed. 

The American Psychiatric Nurses Association is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Release Date:  December 8, 2025
Access to this course will end:  December 1, 2028

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