Abstract

Nursing students not only face the same developmental challenges as other college students, but also experience unique stressors that contribute to increased risk for negative outcomes. The intimate nature of patient care, the exposure to workplace adversity, death and dying, and the chaotic nature of healthcare can have cumulative negative effects on students' health and well-being. Increased resilience could prove useful in helping students confidently face challenges and successfully move forward. The lack of empirical evidence regarding resilience-enhancing interventions with nursing students supports the need for examining the effectiveness of an educational intervention to increase resilience in adolescent baccalaureate nursing students. The purpose of this study was to: (1) determine the effectiveness of an educational intervention delivered via Twitter to increase resilience and sense of support, as well as decrease perceived stress, in a sample of adolescent baccalaureate nursing students, and (2) to describe the personal characteristics of this sample of nursing students. Ahern's model of adolescent resilience, as adapted from Rew and Horner's youth resilience framework, was the guiding theoretical model for the study.

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This dissertation has also been disseminated through the University of Tennessee, Knoxville TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange. The author still retains copyright.

Author Details

Teresa Maggard Stephens, PhD, RN

Sigma Membership

Unknown

Type

Dissertation

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Randomized Controlled Trial

Research Approach

Quantitative Research

Keywords:

Nursing Students, Work Stress, Adolescents

Advisor

Mary E. Gunther

Second Advisor

Kenneth D. Phillips

Third Advisor

Marian W. Roman

Fourth Advisor

John G. Orme

Degree

PhD

Degree Grantor

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Degree Year

2012

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Review Type

None: Degree-based Submission

Acquisition

Proxy-submission

Date of Issue

2017-04-13

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