Nursing students should receive resiliency training

Educators affiliated with Ohio’s oldest practical nursing program urge their colleagues to embed resiliency training into educational programs to give future caregivers tools to thrive. They blame burnout as the primary culprit of the nursing shortage and note 80% of nurses are women, who experience disproportionate burnout rates. They say they restored well-being at the Central School for Practical Nursing in Cleveland, which used remote learning during the pandemic. They re-introduced campus life, activated the student nurses association and implemented an emotional regulation and burnout prevention curriculum, improving graduation and NCLEX pass rates. Comprehensive wellness programs should include burnout prevention, emotional intelligence training and resilience-building skills and integrate mindfulness, peer support and coping skills into daily practice, they say. (HealthLeaders Media article, 1/24/25)