The risk of psychological distress, anxiety, and burnout among nursing students

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Evidence profile

Sourced from the future-work section and stated challenges and stated research gap of the source papers, classified as general, spanning 3 journals.

Supporting evidence — 5 representative gaps

• Resilience as a Predictor of Satisfaction and Well-Being in Nursing Clinical Education: A Cross-Sectional Study (2026) · Nursing Reports · doi

  Qualitative approaches-including narrative interviews and phenomenological analysis-could illuminate the lived experiences underlying quantitative patterns - Experimental studies comparing resilience curricula (e.g., mindfulnessbased stress reduction, cognitive-behavioral approaches, peer mentorship models) would inform evidence-based program development - Future investigations should explore the intersection of resilience with burnout, compassion fatigue, and professional identity formation

  generalfuture-work section
  Keywords: qualitative approaches-including narrative interviews phenomenological analysis-could illuminate lived
• Resilience as a Predictor of Satisfaction and Well-Being in Nursing Clinical Education: A Cross-Sectional Study (2026) · Nursing Reports · doi

  The risk of psychological distress, anxiety, and burnout among nursing students. The emotional burden of caregiving, the fear of making mistakes, integration into unfamiliar teams, and the management of complex procedures. The need to develop resilience-building strategies to enhance learning experiences and well-being among nursing students.

  generalstated challenges
  Keywords: risk psychological distress anxiety burnout among nursing students
• Interpreting psychological resilience in young African American women: a multilevel socioecological framework (2026) · Frontiers in Public Health · doi

  Public health research primarily interprets psychological resilience measures as indicators of individual adaptive capacity, with limited integration of sociological, historical, and developmental context. The existing literature lacks a socioecological framework that situates psychological resilience within patterned structural stress environments, culturally grounded resource systems, and life-course developmental contexts.

  generalstated research gapevidence 5/5
  Keywords: public health research primarily interprets psychological resilience measures
• Interpreting psychological resilience in young African American women: a multilevel socioecological framework (2026) · Frontiers in Public Health · doi

  Future research should engage with the proposed socioecological framework to refine the interpretation of psychological resilience in public health research involving young African American women. Future research should draw on multisystem resilience theory, African-centered psychology, Indigenous health scholarship, community-engaged research, and prior empirical findings.

  generalfuture-work sectionevidence 5/5
  Keywords: future research engage proposed socioecological framework refine interpretation
• The Relationships between Compassion Fatigue, Quiet Quitting, and Psychological Resilience in Healthcare Workers (2026) · Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · doi

  Future studies can investigate the longitudinal effects of compassion fatigue on quiet quitting and psychological resilience. Future studies can explore the impact of interventions on reducing compassion fatigue and quiet quitting. Future studies can examine the relationships between compassion fatigue, quiet quitting, and psychological resilience in other occupational groups.

  generalfuture-work sectionevidence 5/5
  Keywords: future studies investigate longitudinal effects compassion fatigue quiet

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