Maple et al. (2015) found stress in patients, who were kidney donors, experienced delayed wound healing in preoperative and postoperative setting, utilizing ultrasound as their method of measurement. In addition, having optimism and emotional stability made the difference in more rapid wound healing (Maple et al., 2015). Another effect on wound healing is pain. Pain contributes to negative emotions which slow healing of the wound (Solowiej, 2010). Solowiej (2010) reports many types of stresses are involved in wound healing; physiological, social, and psychological which will increase the level of pain experienced and perceived. A third factor on wound healing would be anxiety. Upton (2014) reports anxiety related to wound dressing changes impedes healing. He goes on to report that clinicians need to be more sensitive to this and encourages empathy and psychological interventions to assist wound healing. An experiment in stress and wound