Online and In-Person Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Improves Stress Resilience in Nursing Education.
Worldviews on evidence-based nursing June 1, 2025 Rebecca A Schwartz-Mette, Maile Sapp, Kelley Strout 7 citations
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) effectively reduces perceived stress, exhaustion, and total burnout while increasing positive affect and the use of two key mindfulness skills—observing and nonreactivity—in nursing school populations. These benefits were similar whether MBSR was delivered online or in person, and for both nursing students and faculty/staff. No significant effects were observed for disengagement from work, satisfaction with life, negative affect, or three other mindfulness skills. The findings suggest MBSR increases stress resilience and can be integrated into nursing schools to improve well-being.