Self-Compassion and Resilience in a National Sample of Nursing Students Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic
Rachelle Lancaster1, Heather Englund, Morgan Anibas
1About the Authors Rachelle Lancaster, PhD, RN, is a nurse scientist and nursing research manager, Advocate Aurora Health, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Heather Englund, PhD, RN, is associate professor, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh College of Nursing, Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Morgan Anibas, BSN, RN, and Cassidy Vande Berg, BSN, RN, were students at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh College of Nursing when this study was conducted. The authors are grateful to Dr. Larry Carlin, dean, Honors College, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, and Dr. Diane Mancino, executive director, National Student Nurses' Association. For more information, contact Dr. Lancaster at Rachelle.Lancaster@aah.org.
Abstract:
Nationwide, nursing students experienced multiple interruptions in learning because of the pandemic. Little is known about the impact of COVID-19 on resilience and self-compassion. A descriptive cross-sectional design was used to examine pandemic-related factors, resilience, and self-compassion using the Brief Resilience and Self-Compassion scales. The majority of participants (n = 259, 73.4 percent) described declining mental health. There was a moderate relationship between resilience, self-compassion, and age (r = .30, n = 353, p = .00/r = .290, n = 353, p < .01). Resilience and self-compassion are integral to student success. Strategies to support students' mental and physical health are discussed.
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