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Purpose This study aims to determine the predictive role of nursing students' individual characteristics and psychological resilience in psychological distress. Design and Methods This study is a descriptive cross‐sectional study. The study sample included 652 nursing students. Binary logistic regression analysis was used for analysis. Findings It has been determined that 65.3% of nursing students have psychological distress. Having a chronic disease, being a woman, poor academic success, choosing the profession so as not to be unemployed, being single and low psychological resilience are factors that affect psychological distress. Practice Implications It is recommended to screen nursing students for psychological distress to increase interventions that improve the psychological resilience of risky students.

Background Returning to work (RTW) after breast cancer is an important step in psychosocial recovery. Objective To explore experiences of Turkish breast cancer survivors about returning or continuing to work. Methods This study utilized a qualitative descriptive approach. Data were collected through semistructured interviews conducted with 12 breast cancer survivors with full employment. The data were analyzed using inductive content analysis method. Results Four themes emerged as a result of analysis of obtained data: decision-making process, difficulties in work life, sources of motivation for maintenance of work life, and benefits of RTW. Conclusions The results of the study showed that RTW involves many uncertainties, and women experience difficulties resulting from themselves, work life, and colleagues. Support from family, colleagues, and employers is an important source of motivation in women’s coping with these difficulties. In addition, RTW positively influences psychosocial well-being. Implications for Practice Health professionals should provide support as part of follow-up care regarding difficulties in the return to and continuation of work experienced by breast cancer survivors. Future studies could focus on experiences of all stakeholders including physicians, nurses, colleagues, and employers.

BACKGROUND: Stress and coping skills are essential factors in the etiology of depression. Understanding the stressors and coping strategies of adolescents in Turkey may help determine the content of the country-specific depression prevention program. AIMS: The purpose of this study was to understand the stressors of adolescents with a high or low risk of depression and how they coped with these stressors. METHOD: This descriptive qualitative study was conducted in a high school in western Turkey. The data were collected via semistructured individual interviews. Eleven adolescents with high risk of depression and 10 adolescents with low risk of depression were included in the study. Content analysis technique was used to analyze the data. RESULTS: The stressors of adolescents and their coping were grouped into three themes: stressors, factors affecting coping strategies of adolescents, and coping. Stressors theme consists of three subthemes: family relationship, peer relationship, and telephone/internet usage. The factors affecting coping strategies of adolescents theme consists of four subthemes: cognitive distortions, self-perception, family relationships, and peer relationships. The coping theme consists of two subthemes: engagement coping and disengagement coping. CONCLUSIONS: It was determined that adolescents with a high risk of depression had more stressors and used more disengagement-coping techniques. It is recommended that to prevent depression among adolescents, school nurses should take initiatives to strengthen the coping strategies of adolescents with high risk of depression.

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