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Nursing school causes immense stress for students, and the attrition rate is high. Nurse educators have long been aware of the documented relationship between well-being and academic success, as well as the anxiety, depression, insomnia, fear, and exhaustion that result in student burnout. However, there has been little change in the nursing curriculum, and few nursing curricula include student well-being education.
This scoping review aimed to search the literature for student well-being education concepts integrated into the nursing curriculum.
This scoping review was performed on Scopus 20, American Psychological Association's (APA) PsychNet database, and CINAHL database using Arksey and O'Malley's 6-step methodology. Search terms included nursing AND student AND well-being AND curricula OR education OR curriculum. Articles were excluded if they were graduate-level education, not faculty or student-focused, not in an academic setting, or if the study was completed in a foreign country or was COVID-19 pandemic-related. Other limitations were the years 2020–2024 and in the English language.
A total of 19 articles were chosen for inclusion in the scoping review. Ninety-nine articles were found on Scopus 20 and limited by careful analysis to 16. No eligible articles were found on APA PsychNet. The CINAHL database produced four articles, with two chosen for inclusion after a full-text review. One article was found through hand-searching during the literature search process. Articles discussed using one well-being course, integrating a specific well-being program, utilizing multiple well-being activities, developing faculty training skills for the integration of well-being, and creating a shared agenda for the design of well-being activities within the nursing curriculum.
The nursing curriculum should include well-being activities in each nursing course. Supporting nursing students' well-being will enhance their academic success and decrease burnout.
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