Walter Laurie A
University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, USA; Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT, USA.
J Holist Nurs. 2025 Sep;43(3):277-288. doi: 10.1177/08980101241273366. Epub 2024 Aug 16.
Nursing students must be able to provide holistic, patient-centered, compassionate care upon entering professional practice despite the stress and psychological challenges of the healthcare environment. The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between self-compassion, as a promoter, predictor and protector of psychological health, and perceived readiness for practice. This study used a convergent mixed-method design with correlational and directed content analyses. A convenience sample of undergraduate senior nursing students from baccalaureate programs in the Northeastern Region of the United States participated. Participants completed a 37-item online survey consisting of a demographic questionnaire, the Self-Compassion Scale Short Form (SCS-SF), and the Casey Fink Readiness for Practice Survey 2008 (n = 82) followed by semi-structured online interviews (n = 18). Results indicated that self-compassion and support systems positively influence perceived readiness for professional nursing practice. The findings promote psychological health as a component of readiness for professional nursing practice and the incorporation of self-compassion development into nursing curriculum.
护理专业学生在进入专业实践时，尽管医疗环境存在压力和心理挑战，也必须能够提供全面的、以患者为中心的、富有同情心的护理。本研究的目的是探讨作为心理健康促进者、预测者和保护者的自我同情与感知到的实践准备之间的关系。本研究采用了具有相关性和定向内容分析的收敛性混合方法设计。来自美国东北部地区本科护理专业的大四学生组成的便利样本参与了研究。参与者完成了一项包含37个项目的在线调查，其中包括一份人口统计学问卷、自我同情量表简表（SCS-SF）和2008年凯西·芬克实践准备度调查（n = 82），随后进行了半结构化在线访谈（n = 18）。结果表明，自我同情和支持系统对感知到的专业护理实践准备度有积极影响。这些发现促进了心理健康作为专业护理实践准备度的一个组成部分，并将自我同情发展纳入护理课程。
