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While learning to care for others, undergraduate nursing students often fail to care for themselves. This study examined the effect of a self-care intervention on undergraduate nursing students. Self-care is the practice of health-related activities in which individuals engage to adopt a healthier lifestyle. A pretest-posttest, single group design was used to test whether students increased their self-care activities after completing a course requiring self-care. Full-time junior nursing students ( N = 67) were required to complete a lifestyle self-care plan and use 2 hours of practice time per week to engage in self-care behaviors. A measure of components of a healthy lifestyle, the Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile-II, showed an increase on six of the seven scales. These findings suggest that nursing students may increase self-care when given time to develop self-care strategies as part of a nursing course.

Assessment of and assistance with managing spiritual struggle are necessary to promote QOL and life satisfaction among those facing difficult health problems.

Psychospiritual well-being is an important concept for nurses seeking a holistic approach to practice because it connects the mind and spirit with the body.

Relationships are at the core of human needs. However, despite nursing’s long history of emphasizing caring in relationships, the focus of healthcare delivery and education, defined largely by the biomedical model, has been on illness, curing, and healthcare financing. This conceptual framework is an interdisciplinary model developed to provide a guide for healthcare practitioners and educators in both practice and curricular development. It will appeal to those of many disciplines who want to infuse curricula or organizations with a new sense of meaning and spirit. RCC: the expanding cup model provides new insights and opportunities for intervention and research within the context of relationships.