Keywords

prelicensure nursing, mindfulness, prebrief, simulation

Abstract

Introduction: Nursing students often encounter stressful situations when navigating coursework, examinations, simulation activities, clinical rotations, and maintaining personal responsibilities.

Background: Stress in certain circumstances can negatively impact the attainment of educational goals. Nursing educators must address academic stress by building curriculums that include strategies for enhancing well-being and self-care management. The prebrief in simulation-based learning (SBL) may be a platform for promoting holistic techniques like mindfulness to facilitate self-care management within academic settings and foster skill transfer to future clinical practice settings.

Methods: This dissertation aimed to examine using SBL to promote self-care with mindfulness in prebrief. A scoping review (ScR) was conducted to review the knowledge about mindfulness in nursing education and SBL. A research study examined mindfulness in prebrief for improving perceived stress, mindfulness, and awareness. An idea for creating a holistic theoretical model for enhancing prebrief practice was explored.

Results: The ScR indicated that mindfulness was used in nursing education and rarely in SBL. The study showed no significance with posttest scores after prebrief mindfulness activities. A proposed model was designed to promote self-care practice in prebrief using mindfulness.

Discussion: The findings from this dissertation provide a foundation for exploring ways to implement self-care management, including mindfulness, starting with the SBL prebrief in the academic setting.

Completion Date

2023

Semester

Fall

Committee Chair

Anderson, Mindi

Degree

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

College

College of Nursing

Department

Nursing

Degree Program

Nursing

Format

application/pdf

Identifier

DP0028025

URL

https://purls.library.ucf.edu/go/DP0028025

Language

English

Release Date

December 2028

Length of Campus-only Access

5 years

Access Status

Doctoral Dissertation (Campus-only Access)

Campus Location

UCF Online

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