Cultivation of Grit in Nursing Students: A Qualitative Descriptive Study "Cultivation of Grit".

ABSTRACT:

Background

Predicted nursing deficits and low nursing student retention rates highlighted the need to investigate cultivation of grit, a malleable trait involving perseverance and passion to achieve long-term goals amidst challenges and difficulties.

Objective

The objective of this study was to identify how cultivation of grit and additional academic and non-academic strategies aided gritty second-year associate degree-seeking nursing students in addressing nursing program challenges and completing their nursing program.

Methods

Twenty-two second-year associate degree-seeking nursing students in rural central Arizona completed demographic and Grit-O Scale questions using Survey Monkey™ and participated in semi-structured interviews or focus group discussions held from

SUBMITTER: Muchna CS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11752558 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature