Keywords

burnout, longitudinal study, nursing students, psychomotor skills, self-efficacy, student engagement

 

Authors

  1. Bulfone, Giampiera MNS, BNS, RN
  2. Fida, Roberta PhD
  3. Ghezzi, Valerio PhD
  4. Macale, Loreana PhD, MNS, RN
  5. Sili, Alessandro PhD, MSN, RN
  6. Alvaro, Rosaria MNS, BNS, RN
  7. Palese, Alvisa MNS, BNS, RN

Abstract

Student perceptions of self-efficacy (SE) prevent stress and burnout and improve engagement in nursing education, thus increasing learning outcomes. The study aims were to (1) validate a scale measuring nursing SE in psychomotor skills (NSE-PS), (2) describe changes in NSE-PS over time, and (3) explore NSE-PS correlations with burnout and engagement. A total of 1117 nursing students participated. A significant increase in the NSE-PS scores over the years has emerged; in addition, all NSE-PS dimensions were correlated negatively with burnout and positively with engagement.