Nursing students' mindfulness and emotional regulation: an integrative review.

OBJECTIVE

to identify the scientific evidence available in national and international literature on the relationships between nursing students' mindfulness and emotional regulation.

METHODS

an integrative literature review, in four databases, with a time frame from January 2002 to December 2022. Articles in English, Spanish and Portuguese available in full were included.

RESULTS

the sample consisted of six original articles, predominantly with a quantitative approach, with cross-sectional designs standing out.

CONCLUSION

the synthesis of scientific production revealed that there is a lack of research at national and international level on the subject with experimental and qualitative designs that enable conclusions about cause and effect and/or take into account subjective experiences of the applicability of mindfulness-based practice in nursing students' emotional regulation.