
MINDSTRONG Program Delivery Type for Undergraduate Nursing Students at The Pennsylvania State University: A Program Evaluation
Background: Nursing students, like their college peers, struggled with mental health problems that may have been exacerbated by pandemic stressors when most educational programs shifted to remote learning. During that time, a Big 10 University study urged institutions to provide effective, evidence-based, resilience programs.
Local Problem: MINDSTRONG is such a program initiated at Penn State that was delivered to nursing students through in-person, online, or hybrid formats. It was unknown if the program delivery method would influence outcomes.
Methods: Program evaluation using the CDC Framework for Program Evaluation provided credible evidence sourced from an anonymous, end-of-program survey that produced outcomes.
Intervention: Program evaluation to answer whether the MINDSTRONG program delivery type affected participants’ reports of meeting program objectives, reports of being encouraged to interact, and participants’ peer program recommendations.
Results: Regardless of delivery type, 75% of survey respondents reported meeting program objectives, 91% reported interactions were encouraged, and 50% reported they would recommend the program to a peer. In-person participants had the highest self-reported scores compared to the online and hybrid groups: 89% reported objectives met, 98% reported encouraged interactions, and 72% reported peer program recommendations. Online participants reported the lowest scores in each category.
Conclusions: Program delivery type of MINDSTRONG in fall 2022 affected outcome responses. Feedback guided stakeholder decision-making for future iterations of this program.
Key Words: MINDSTRONG, program evaluation, higher education, undergraduate nursing students, nursing resilience programs
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Work Title | MINDSTRONG Program Delivery Type for Undergraduate Nursing Students at The Pennsylvania State University: A Program Evaluation |
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Publication Date | February 2024 |
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DOI | doi:10.26207/z1k0-z159 |
Deposited | February 13, 2024 |
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