Relationships Among Resilience, Stress, and Persistence in Prenursing Students During COVID-19
Regina W Urban1, Leslie A Jennings, Daisha J Cipher
1Assistant Professor (Dr Urban), Clinical Assistant Professor (Ms Jennings), and Associate Professor (Dr Cipher), College of Nursing and Health Innovation, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington.
Background:
The coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has created personal, financial, and academic challenges for prenursing students, which may hinder academic persistence. Understanding and supporting their well-being is important, as they prepare to apply to nursing programs.
Purpose:
The purpose of this study was to explore relationships among stress, resilience, and academic persistence in prenursing students intending to apply to either an on-campus or accelerated online nursing program.
Methods:
A cross-sectional descriptive correlational research design was used. Online survey data (N = 364) were collected during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Results:
Campus-based prenursing students reported higher levels of stress and lower levels of resilience than their accelerated online counterparts. A significant negative relationship was noted between stress and scores on resilience and persistence measures in both groups.
Conclusions:
Program-specific interventions promoting resilience and stress management techniques are needed to support prenursing student persistence, especially as they prepare for admission to nursing programs.
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