Resilience and mindfulness in nurse training on an undergraduate curriculum

Perspect Psychiatr Care. 2021 Jul;57(3):1474-1481. doi: 10.1111/ppc.12714. Epub 2020 Dec 23.

Abstract

Purpose: The aim is to investigate what relationships exist between resilience and mindfulness in undergraduate nurse training and how these might contribute to well-being.

Design and methods: One hundred and six students participated in this cross-sectional study. Multivariate and bivariate procedures were utilized to assess the differences between students' demographics, academic resilience, and mindfulness.

Findings: The findings suggested that acceptance and attention within mindfulness were important for resilience. Students who had higher levels of academic resilience also had higher indexes of mindfulness.

Practice implications: A key implication is that learning and practice areas should ensure that well-being, mindfulness, and resilience literacy are key issues for students in training. This is at a time when mental health support and staff retention are foremost in policymakers' minds.

Keywords: education; mindfulness; resilience; stress and coping; workforce issues.

MeSH terms

  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Curriculum
  • Humans
  • Mental Health
  • Mindfulness*
  • Resilience, Psychological*
  • Stress, Psychological
  • Students