Owen Barr

1 Introduction In recent years, researchers have been discussing the relevance of the definition of mental health regarding positive aspects (Galderisi et al. 2015) and the adequacy of those for different age groups. Lack of conceptual clarity is evident in mental well-being research (Baldwin et al. 2021) because there is no universal definition of mental well-being. However, MacKean (2011) discussed mental well-being as a state of positive psychological and emotional health.

Developing caring attributes in student nurses to the point of registration has historically been challenging. Globally, curricula have not yet demonstrated the ability to sustain and develop caring attributes in this population, despite its centrality to practice. This longitudinal cohort study tracked how University preregistration nursing students (N = 212) developed their caring attributes over the 3 years of their programme using repeated measures at the end of each year with the same cohort.

Developing caring attributes in student nurses to the point of registration has historically been challenging. Globally, curricula have not yet demonstrated the ability to sustain and develop caring attributes in this population, despite its centrality to practice.