{"title":"A peer-led group intervention based on relaxation (soRELAX) to improve well-being and mental health in nursing students: A mixed method pilot study","authors":"Maria Pilar Ramirez Garcia , Jérôme Leclerc-Loiselle , Christine Genest , Etienne Paradis-Gagné , Caroline Larue , Marikim Poitras-Crête , Sylvie Corbeil , Camille Saseville","doi":"10.1016/j.profnurs.2024.12.010","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.profnurs.2024.12.010","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>The well-being of nursing students is strongly affected by their mental health.</div></div><div><h3>Purpose</h3><div>The aim was to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effects of a peer-led support group intervention based on autogenic training (soRELAX) on the well-being and mental health of nursing students.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>A pilot mixed convergent design was used with a single group and three assessments: baseline, at 7 weeks, and at 12 weeks. The intervention was delivered online by 15 trained peers in small groups over 7 weeks. Recruitment, attrition, and completion rates were calculated. Well-being, stress, distress, anxiety, depression, social support, mindfulness, and performance were measured. Participants' perceptions were collected in online semistructured interviews.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Three-quarters of the 55 nursing students completed at least six sessions. Results showed a significant increase in well-being and mindfulness and a significant decrease in stress, distress, anxiety, and depression symptoms at 7 and 12 weeks. Participants said that they felt more self-aware and more aware of what was causing them stress.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>soRELAX is a relatively feasible and acceptable intervention. Nursing students' well-being, mental health, and mindfulness were significantly improved after the intervention. This improvement was maintained at three months.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50077,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Professional Nursing","volume":"57 ","pages":"Pages 8-18"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143134047","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jehad A. Rababah PhD, RN, Mohammed Munther Al-Hammouri PhD, IBA, CHPE, RN
{"title":"Examining the effect of modified motivational interviewing intervention on nursing students' self-care","authors":"Jehad A. Rababah PhD, RN, Mohammed Munther Al-Hammouri PhD, IBA, CHPE, RN","doi":"10.1016/j.profnurs.2024.12.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.profnurs.2024.12.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Nursing students have overwhelming academic responsibilities that negatively affect their self-care and well-being. Consequently, it is necessary to study the effectiveness of interventions that could improve nursing students' self-care.</div></div><div><h3>Purpose</h3><div>To examine the effect of the modified motivational interviewing (MMI) intervention on nursing students' self-care.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>An experimental design two groups (intervention and control) and two data collection time points was used. The sample comprised 137 nursing students: intervention (n = 70) and control (n = 67). The intervention group participants received a modified motivational interviewing intervention. Those in the control group were on a waiting list and were offered the intervention after finishing the data collection. The Self-Care Inventory and Self-Care Self-Efficacy scale were used to collect the data. Repeated measures MANOVA was the main statistical analysis test and followed by ANOVA and <em>t</em>-test.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>The results showed that the intervention had a statistically significant effect on the linear combination of the dependent variables: Pillai's Trace = 0.07, F (4, 132) = 2.57, <em>P</em> = .04. Follow up analyses revealed that the intervention group participants had statistically significant higher mean scores of the three Self-Care Inventory scales and self-care self-efficacy post-intervention than the control group participants.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>This study showed the potential of the modified motivational interviewing intervention in improving nursing students' self-care.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50077,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Professional Nursing","volume":"56 ","pages":"Pages 71-76"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143146576","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Barbara Jeanne Pinchera DNP, ANP-BC, Casey N. Burnett DNP, RN
{"title":"Navigating the nursing incivility epidemic: Understanding and addressing incivility in nursing education","authors":"Barbara Jeanne Pinchera DNP, ANP-BC, Casey N. Burnett DNP, RN","doi":"10.1016/j.profnurs.2024.12.008","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.profnurs.2024.12.008","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Nurse educators must address the uncivil behaviors that disrupt the learning process. This may help to prevent students from becoming desensitized and enculturated to incivility. Beginning early in nursing education may reverse the trend and decrease the eventual deleterious effect on the profession. Interventions to address incivility in nursing education include: role modeling, communication, civility training, and developing civility codes. It is imperative that nursing educators create safe learning environments where students feel comfortable to hold discussions, ask questions, and engage in civil discourse. For the past 40 years, this topic has been explored, and evidence-based interventions have been developed. It is time to embed these interventions into nursing curriculum. By doing so, we can cultivate a culture of civility and professionalism in nursing education that benefits students and the profession and ultimately patient care outcomes. This comprehensive approach will ensure a more respectful and effective learning environment for future nurses.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50077,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Professional Nursing","volume":"56 ","pages":"Pages 82-84"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143146596","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The effects of workplace violence on nursing students from the perspectives of clinical facilitators or preceptors","authors":"Hila Ariela Dafny RN, BSN, MPH, PhD , Nicole Snaith RN, BN, MHN, PhD , Paul Cooper RN, BN , Nasreena Waheed RN, BN, MNSc, DrPH , Christine McCloud RN, BN, Peri-Op Cert 1, PhD , Stephanie Champion BHSc, BSocSC, PhD","doi":"10.1016/j.profnurs.2024.12.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.profnurs.2024.12.006","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Violence is well documented in the nursing profession and is compounded by an increasing incidence of workplace violence towards nursing students. Poor clinical experiences where violence is witnessed or experienced have long-term consequences for both the student and the profession.</div></div><div><h3>Purpose</h3><div>This study aimed to ascertain clinical facilitators' perceptions about the impact of workplace violence on nursing students during their clinical placements.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Phenomenology guided qualitative research methods were used in this study. Eleven clinical facilitators employed in various South Australian healthcare settings were interviewed, and the qualitative data was transcribed and thematically analysed manually assisted by NVivo 12 software.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Three major themes emerged from the data: Academic and future career impacts, Impact on personal life, and mental and physical health. Clinical facilitators described how baccalaureate nursing students feared for their emotional, mental and physical safety, questioned their career choices and described the impact of violent experiences on their personal lives.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>Clinical facilitators were often unable to prevent such experiences from happening to nursing students and, at times, felt unprepared or inadequately supported by universities. A combined University and healthcare facility approach that prepares, manages, supports and reduces the incidence of workplace violence for nursing students and clinical facilitators is urgently required to safeguard the mental, physical and emotional health of student nurses and clinical facilitators.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50077,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Professional Nursing","volume":"56 ","pages":"Pages 104-112"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143146602","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Collaborative nursing education between advanced practice registered nurses","authors":"Ryan Richey DNP, CRNA, CHSE, Katie Woodfin DNP, CRNA, CHSE, Somali Nguyen DNP, CRNP, AGACNP-BC, Sabrina Kopf DNP, ACNP-BC, Hiboombe Haamankuli DNP, MSN, ACNP-BC, Susan McMullan PhD, CRNA, CNE, CHSE, FAANA, FAAN, Amy Yerdon DNP, CRNA, CNE","doi":"10.1016/j.profnurs.2024.10.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.profnurs.2024.10.006","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The surge in healthcare demands requires academic institutions to address and enhance the expanded education needs of Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs). Increasing cohort size while effectively and efficiently teaching students the newest best practice is particularly challenging amidst nurse faculty shortages in specialty areas. Faculty voids stem from factors such as lack of pay competitiveness with clinical positions, and a shortage of doctoral-prepared nurses seeking faculty positions. Despite efforts to recruit and retain nursing faculty, the shortage persists and necessitates innovative approaches to teaching and best utilizing the strengths of existing faculty. This article explores the collaborative teaching between Nurse Anesthesia (NA) and Adult Gerontology Nurse Practitioner (NP) programs. Teaching areas focus on airway management, sedation techniques, chest X-ray interpretation, and ultrasound skills. Students receiving synchronous or online asynchronous teaching received overwhelmingly positive feedback from faculty not in their learning specialty. Ongoing communication and collaborations between NA and NP faculty facilitate teaching and educational strategies across programs, sharing faculty expertise, and mitigating reduced faculty numbers. This innovative model benefits faculty and students and provides a platform for firsthand collaboration among advanced practice specialties that rarely interact. These interactions foster mutual respect and prepare students for effective interdisciplinary healthcare teamwork.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50077,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Professional Nursing","volume":"56 ","pages":"Pages 131-134"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143464413","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The effect of a mindfulness based cognitive therapy program on depression, anxiety, stress, and cognitive flexibility in nursing students: A randomized clinical trial","authors":"Ferhan Acikgoz, Aysel Karaca","doi":"10.1016/j.profnurs.2024.12.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.profnurs.2024.12.005","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>It is known that the depression, anxiety, and stress levels of the nursing students are higher compared to the general student population. Nursing educators should use evidence-based, effective, and innovative interventions to help students recognize and reduce their mental symptoms.</div></div><div><h3>Aim</h3><div>This study aimed to determine the effect of the online mindfulness-based cognitive therapy program, which was implemented for nursing students, on depression, anxiety, stress and cognitive flexibility levels.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>This randomized controlled trial study adopted a pretest-posttest-follow-up test research design.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>As a result of the analyses, the intervention group had lower scores in the post-test and follow-up test measurements of the depression, anxiety and stress dimensions of the Depression-Anxiety and Stress Scale compared to the control group, and there was a statistically significant difference between them (<em>p</em> < 0.05). The post-test and follow-up test Cognitive Flexibility Inventory scores of intervention students were higher than those of the students in the control group and there was a statistically significant difference between them (<em>p</em> < 0.05).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>The results of this study demonstrate that this program can reduce depression, anxiety, stress and increase cognitive flexibility levels among nursing students.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50077,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Professional Nursing","volume":"56 ","pages":"Pages 94-103"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143147250","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Implementing SQUIRE guidelines to improve standardization and rigor of DNP projects","authors":"Doria K. Thiele PhD, CNM, RN , Gail Armstrong PhD, DNP, ACNS-BC, RN, CNE, FAAN","doi":"10.1016/j.profnurs.2024.12.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.profnurs.2024.12.004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>School of Nursing administrators and educators across the United States are seeking guidelines for structuring and administering their Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree programs. There is a lack of consistent guidelines for increasing rigor and standardization across DNP Projects, the terminal product of most DNP Programs. Employers expect nurses holding a DNP degree to conduct quality improvement projects that positively impact patient health or the organization. As schools transition to a competency-based education model based on 2021 AACN Essentials, DNP Programs will benefit from well-defined models for guiding DNP Projects. At Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) School of Nursing, the faculty undertook a curricular modification to phase out the master's programs for Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRN) and provide a DNP-only degree program. This curricular innovation focused on using the Standards for Quality Improvement Reporting Excellence 2.0 (SQUIRE 2.0) used as the framework to guide course content, culminating in the DNP Projects courses. The use of SQUIRE as a guiding model for design, implementation, evaluation, and dissemination has proven to be effective at increasing precision and standardization across the six APRN specialties at OHSU. This article describes the process and outcomes of scaffolding SQUIRE across a DNP Program to enhance DNP Project outcomes.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50077,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Professional Nursing","volume":"56 ","pages":"Pages 85-93"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143146597","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ryan Richey, Katie Woodfin, Somali Nguyen, Sabrina Kopf, Hiboombe Haamankuli, Susan McMullan, Amy Yerdon
{"title":"Corrigendum to “Collaborative nursing education between advanced practice registered nurses”. [Journal of Professional Nursing 54C [September/October 2024] 245–248]","authors":"Ryan Richey, Katie Woodfin, Somali Nguyen, Sabrina Kopf, Hiboombe Haamankuli, Susan McMullan, Amy Yerdon","doi":"10.1016/j.profnurs.2024.10.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.profnurs.2024.10.005","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50077,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Professional Nursing","volume":"56 ","pages":"Page 130"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143463501","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Establishing an undergraduate nursing program: Four pillars for success","authors":"Frank D. Hicks , Cheryl Petersen","doi":"10.1016/j.profnurs.2024.12.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.profnurs.2024.12.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Nurse educators have many resources to help guide them in curriculum design and evaluation and in creating and implementing new teaching-learning practices. However, fewer resources are available that address program creation and development. This article presents the activities that encompassed the development and implementation of the first six years of a traditional undergraduate BSN program. The authors present an organizing framework for program development and posit that a quality program has four pillars: Mission, Student Engagement, NCLEX Success, and Continuous Quality Improvement.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50077,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Professional Nursing","volume":"56 ","pages":"Pages 77-81"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143146577","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hilary Barnes , Betty Rambur , Laura Black , Jen Perloff , Monica O'Reilly-Jacob
{"title":"Incorporating value-informed advanced nursing practice into APRN education","authors":"Hilary Barnes , Betty Rambur , Laura Black , Jen Perloff , Monica O'Reilly-Jacob","doi":"10.1016/j.profnurs.2024.12.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.profnurs.2024.12.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Value-informed advanced practice nursing capitalizes on the high-value nursing model of care to meet population health needs and address rising healthcare costs. However, nurse practitioners (NPs) often lack knowledge about value-based care, which limits their ability to lead systems-based changes to improve outcomes and lower costs. Identifying the key domains for value-informed advanced nursing practice can support curricular alignment with competency-based education. A review of the peer-reviewed and gray literature identified an initial list of domains that impact the success of value-based NP care. These domains were then confirmed and validated through interviews with eight NP practice owners. The final seven key domains of value-informed advanced nursing practice – Leadership/High Value Culture, Quality and Analytics, Care Coordination, Collaboration and Community Connections, Financial Management, Care Redesign, and IT Infrastructure and Interoperability – align with the sub-competencies established by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing and the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculty. Learning activities are offered to facilitate NP understanding of value-informed nursing practice and meet selected sub-competencies. Incorporating the key domains for value-informed advanced nursing practice into NP and Doctor of Nursing Practice education prepares emerging and seasoned NPs to lead systems-level change and improve care delivery.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50077,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Professional Nursing","volume":"56 ","pages":"Pages 64-70"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143147248","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}