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.

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