Investigating Self-Care Behaviors for Prelicensure Nursing Students

Baseline Findings

Datos Bibliográficos

ID21456294
AutoresBetty Parisek, Stephanie A Kelly, Stacey C Nseir, Alice Pasvogel
Año2025
Volumen64
Número7
Páginas440-444
Fecha de publicación2025-07-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Nursing Education (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0148-4834 • E-ISSN: 1938-2421
EditorialSLACK, Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3928/01484834-20250103-01
PMID40627531
OpenAlexW4412156980
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas30

Background Prelicensure nursing students face multiple stressors specific to their nursing education. Due to the nursing shortage, identifying methods to mitigate stress in nursing students is a priority. Adding integrative health modalities to the prelicensure nursing curriculum may encourage student resiliency and well-being. Method A 3-year prospective repeated measures cohort trial for prelicensure nursing students entering one of three tracts was conducted at a southwestern United States university. Students were followed for four semesters of the nursing program and for 6 months after graduation. Valid and reliable measures were used to explore anxiety, depressive symptoms, stress, resilience, and self-care. Results Baseline findings showed a relationship between mental health and self-care. Conclusion The findings highlight several important points including the link between self-care and mental health. A significant positive correlation was observed between engaging in self-care activities and improved mental health indicators. [ J Nurs Educ . 2025;64(7):440–444.]

Baseline (sea) · Health care · Political science · Self care · Grit, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation · Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout · Medicine · Nursing · Nursing education and management · Psychology