scholarly journals Healthy lifestyle behaviors in sophomore nursing students: A descriptive correlational study

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 48
Author(s):  
Kristy S. Chunta
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Personal Health ◽  
Lifestyle Behaviors ◽  
Health And Wellness ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing Students ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing ◽  
Perceived Difficulty ◽  
Health Rating

Aim: The purpose of this research was to describe health perceptions, behaviors, and perceived stress of undergraduate nursing students and to determine if supportive incentives improved students’ healthy lifestyle behaviors.Background: Nurses have a primary responsibility in promoting health in the United States.  Nursing students will become the future health workforce and must understand the importance of personal health and wellness, even before entering the profession. Methods: This descriptive study used a convenience sample of sophomore nursing students (N = 65) from one state university in the Northeast.  Students’ motivators and barriers of a healthy lifestyle, perceived difficulty in maintaining a healthy lifestyle, perceived stress, and personal health rating were measured at the beginning and end of the semester.Results: Small and moderate correlations were noted among several variables.  Paired t-tests revealed statistically significant findings for students’ perceived difficulty in maintaining a healthy lifestyle, health barriers, and personal health rating.  Open-ended responses identified time and money/cost as the greatest barriers to making healthy lifestyle decisions.  Supportive incentives offered throughout the semester did not increase participation in wellness activities.Conclusions: Undergraduate nursing students reported barriers and difficulties in relation to maintaining healthy lifestyle behaviors.  Future research should focus on the challenges that college students face and provide interventions to promote health and wellness behaviors.  Continued research with nursing students may identify healthy lifestyle challenges that are unique to this group of students.

Practicing Self-Care for Nurses: A Nursing Program Initiative

2014 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cynthia Blum
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Professional Growth ◽  
Adult Learning Theory ◽  
Self Care ◽  
Nursing Program ◽  
Personal Health ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing Students ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing ◽  
Florida Atlantic University ◽  
Student Impact

Self-care is imperative to personal health, sustenance to continue to care for others, and professional growth. This article briefly reviews stressors common to students and nurses and the importance of practicing self-care to combat stress and promote health in practice. Florida Atlantic University offers a course for all levels of undergraduate nursing students called Caring for Self. The course, supported by principles of Adult Learning Theory, focuses on guiding the nurse to practice and model self-care. The author describes the evolution of this self-care initiative by discussing the needs assessment, course description and strategies, examples of course activities, and an exemplar of student impact. The conclusion offers discussion of challenges and lessons noted by faculty and students.

scholarly journals Academic burnout among undergraduate nursing students: Predicting the role of sleep quality and healthy lifestyle

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-16
Author(s):  
Habibolah Naderi ◽  
Hamidreza Dehghan ◽  
Shahrbanoo Dehrouyeh ◽  
Elaheh Tajik
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Sleep Quality ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Cluster Sampling ◽  
Subjective Sleep Quality ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing Students ◽  
Statistical Population ◽  
Academic Burnout ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing

Background: Academic burnout is a serious threat that can affect any student’s academic life, especially nursing students. Sleep quality and a healthy lifestyle are variables are related to academic burnout. This study aimed to predict undergraduate nursing students’ academic burnout based on sleep quality and lifestyle. Methods: The study was descriptive and correlational in design. The statistical population included all undergraduate nursing students of the Razi School of Nursing and Midwifery at the Kerman University of Medical Sciences (Kerman, Iran; 2016-2017 academic year). Of 270 students,143 students were selected using a random cluster sampling method. The Academic Burnout Questionnaire, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), and the LifeStyle Inventory were used to collect data. A linear regression analysis using the enter method was employed for data analysis. Results: There was a significantly positive correlation between students’ academic burnout and total PSQI score (P=0.000, r=0.547) and some of its sub-scales, including subjective sleep quality (P=0.000, r=0.607), sleep latency (P=0.019, r=0.196), sleep duration (P=0.014, r=0.206), sleep disturbance (P=0.000, r=0.346), and daytime dysfunction due to sleepiness (P=0.000, r=0.654). Conversely, the relationship between students’ academic burnout and healthy lifestyle was negatively significant (P=0.000, r=-0.507). Thus, the potential for undergraduate nursing students’ academic burnout can be predicted by sleep quality and lifestyle (P=0.000, F=23.480). Conclusions: By improving sleep quality and living a healthier lifestyle, students may be less likely to experience academic burnout.

The effect of undergraduate nursing students’ e-Health literacy on healthy lifestyle behaviour

2020 ◽  
pp. 175797592096044
Author(s):  
Nuray Turan ◽  
Nur Güven Özdemir ◽  
Yeliz Çulha ◽  
Gülsün Özdemir Aydın ◽  
Hatice Kaya ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Literacy ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Lifestyle Behaviour ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing Students ◽  
Lifestyle Behaviours ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing ◽  
The Mean

e-Health literacy has become more important in promoting healthy lifestyles in recent years. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of undergraduate nursing students’ e-Health literacy on healthy lifestyle behaviours. This cross-sectional study was conducted during the 2016–2017 academic year at a Nursing Department in the Faculty of Health Sciences in Istanbul. The study population consisted of 232 undergraduate nursing students. The study sample was 205 students who volunteered to participate in the research. The data were collected using the Structured Questionnaire Form, the e-Health Literacy Scale in Adolescent and the Adolescent Lifestyle Profile Scale. The mean score of the e-Health Literacy Scale in Adolescent was 29.50 ± 5.02. The mean total score of the Adolescent Lifestyle Profile was 112.11 ± 14.66. There was a positive correlation between students’ Internet attitudes and general health-promoting lifestyle ( r = 0.273; p < 0.01), indicating the higher the students’ e-Health literacy, the higher their levels of healthy lifestyle behaviours. The result showed that e-Health literacy is an important parameter in promoting healthy lifestyle behaviours of nursing students.

Lifestyle behaviors among undergraduate nursing students: A latent class analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 43 (5) ◽  
pp. 520-528
Author(s):  
Tassia T. S. Macedo ◽  
Fernanda C. Mussi ◽  
Debra Sheets ◽  
Ana C. P. Campos ◽  
Ana L. Patrão ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Latent Class Analysis ◽  
Latent Class ◽  
Class Analysis ◽  
Lifestyle Behaviors ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing Students ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing

Perceived stress and social support in undergraduate nursing students' educational experiences

2013 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 419-424 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristen L. Reeve ◽  
Catherine J. Shumaker ◽  
Edilma L. Yearwood ◽  
Nancy A. Crowell ◽  
Joan B. Riley
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Educational Experiences ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing Students ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing
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