Professional Readiness Through Emotional Preparedness (PREP) (PREP)

March 11, 2026 updated by: AdventHealth

Professional Readiness Through Emotional Preparedness (PREP): A Quasi-experimental Study of a Workshop Series for Newly Licensed Nurses in Residency Programs

The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of the PREP program on participants' psychological and occupational well-being, and work readiness

Study Overview

Status

Not yet recruiting

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

This study will examine the impact of 5-month educational workshop series Professional Readiness through Emotional Preparedness (PREP) embedded within existing nurse residency programs. The PREP program will focus on knowledge acquisition and skill development in mindfulness, intentional recovery, emotional agility, self-compassion, mental health literacy, empowerment, and mindful self-care.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Estimated)

212

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Contact

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Florida
      • Orlando, Florida, United States, 32804
        • AdventHealth Orlando

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Nurse resident employed by AdventHealth working in acute care/hospital setting
  • Able to speak, read, and understand English
  • Able to provide informed consent
  • Willing and able to comply with study procedures and requirements for duration of study

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Not in a current RN residency program
  • Unwilling or unable to comply with all study procedures and requirements for the duration of the study

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Other
  • Allocation: Non-Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: PREP program
Professional Readiness through Emotional Preparedness (PREP) program added to existing nurse residency curriculum
Behavioral: Professional Readiness through Emotional Preparedness (PREP) program
5-month educational workshop series
No Intervention: Control
Existing nurse residency curriculum

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
PsyCap Questionnaire-24 (PCQ-24)
Time Frame: Baseline, 5-month, 8-month, 11-month
24-item questionnaire with the following response options: 1=strongly disagree, 2=disagree, 3=somewhat disagree, 4=somewhat agree, 5=agree, 6=strongly agree. Total raw score ranges from 24 to 144 and the overall score is calculated as a mean, with higher scores corresponding to greater psychological capital. The four subscales are Hope, Efficacy, Resilience, and Optimism and each contain 6 items which are averaged.
Baseline, 5-month, 8-month, 11-month

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Work Readiness Scale for Graduate Nurses (WRS-GN)
Time Frame: Baseline, 5-month, 8-month, 11-month
46-item questionnaire with response options on a 10-point Likert Scale (1=completely disagree and 10=completely agree). Total scale scores range from 46-460, with higher score indicating higher work readiness. The four domains of work readiness are work competence, social intelligence, organizational acumen, and personal work characteristics
Baseline, 5-month, 8-month, 11-month
Professional Quality of Life Scale
Time Frame: Baseline, 5-month, 8-month, 11-month
30-item questionnaire with the following response options: 1=Never, 2=Rarely, 3=Sometimes, 4=Often, 5=Very Often. There are 3 domains, and each domain includes 10 of the 30 total items. A sum of 22 or less on any domain = score of 43 or less = indicating a low level; a sum of 23-41 = score of 50 = average level; sum of 42 or more = score of 57+ = high level.
Baseline, 5-month, 8-month, 11-month
Self-Compassion scale - Short-Form
Time Frame: Baseline, 5-month, 8-month, 11-month
12-item questionnaire with response options on a 5-point Likert scale (1=almost never, 2, 3, 4, 5=almost always). The sum of the items ranges from 12-60 with higher scores indicating higher self-compassion. Average scores are categorized as 1-2.5 = low self-compassion, 2.5-3.5 = moderate self-compassion, and 3.5-5 = high self-compassion
Baseline, 5-month, 8-month, 11-month
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD-2)
Time Frame: Baseline, 5-month, 8-month, 11-month
2-item questionnaire with the following response options: 0=not at all, 1-several days, 2=more than half the days, 3=nearly every day. Total score ranges from 0 to 6. A score of 0-2 indicates minimal anxiety while a score of 3 or greater indcates possible anxiety.
Baseline, 5-month, 8-month, 11-month
Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-2)
Time Frame: Baseline, 5-month, 8-month, 11-month
2-item questionnaire with the following response options: 0=not at all, 1=several days, 2=more than half the days, 3=nearly every day. Total score ranges from 0 to 6. A score of 0-1 indicates minimal or no depressive symptoms, score of 2-3 indicates mild depressive symptoms, and a score 4-6 indicates moderate to severe depressive symptoms.
Baseline, 5-month, 8-month, 11-month
Employment status
Time Frame: 12, 18, and 24-months
Verification of participant's current employment status at AdventHealth from human resources data will be verified at 12, 18, and 24 months.
12, 18, and 24-months

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

AdventHealth

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Amanda T Sawyer, PhD, AdventHealth

Publications and helpful links

The person responsible for entering information about the study voluntarily provides these publications. These may be about anything related to the study.

General Publications

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  • Raes F, Pommier E, Neff KD, Van Gucht D. Construction and factorial validation of a short form of the Self-Compassion Scale. Clin Psychol Psychother. 2011 May-Jun;18(3):250-5. doi: 10.1002/cpp.702. Epub 2010 Jun 8.
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  • Maslach C, Jackson SE, Leiter MP. Maslach Burnout Inventory Manual, 3rd ed. Palo Alto, CA: Consulting Psychologists Press, 1996.
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  • Avey JB, Reichard RJ, Luthans F, Mhatre KH. Meta-analysis of the impact of positive psychological capital on employee attitudes, behaviors, and performance. Human resource development quarterly. 2011; 22(2): 127-152.
  • Carter JW, Youssef-Morgan C. Psychological capital development effectiveness of face-to-face, online, and Micro-learning interventions. Education and Information Technologies. 2022;27(5): 6553-6575.
  • Dudasova L, Prochazka J, Vaculik M, Lorenz T. Measuring psychological capital: Revision of the compound psychological capital scale (CPC-12). PloS one. 2021;16(3): e0247114.
  • Edwards-Maddox S. Burnout and impostor phenomenon in nursing and newly licensed registered nurses: A scoping review. Journal of clinical nursing. 2023;32(5-6): 653-665.
  • Grant AM, Franklin J, Langford P. The Self-Reflection and Insight Scale: A new measure of private self-consciousness. Social Behavior and Personality. 2002;30(8):821-836
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  • Luthans F, Avey JB, Avolio BJ, Peterson SJ. The development and resulting performance impact of positive psychological capital. Human resource development quarterly. 2010; 21(1): 41-67.
  • Masso M, Sim J, Halcomb E, Thompson C. Practice readiness of new graduate nurses and factors influencing practice readiness: A scoping review of reviews. International Journal of Nursing Studies. 2022; 129: 104208.
  • Reebals C, Wood T, Markaki A. Transition to practice for new nurse graduates: Barriers and mitigating strategies. Western Journal of Nursing Research. 2022; 44(4): 416-429.
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  • Stamm BH. (2010). Professional Quality of Life: Compassion Satisfaction and Fatigue Version 5 (ProQOL). http://www.proqol.org.
  • Walker A, Storey KM, Costa BM, Leung RK. Refinement and validation of the Work Readiness Scale for graduate nurses. Nursing outlook. 2015; 63(6): 632-638. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.outlook.2015.06.001
  • Wang J, Chen J, Zheng L, Zeng B, Yan X, Xia M, et al. Influence of psychological capital on core competency for new nurses. PLoS ONE. 2023; 18(8): e0289105. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0289105
  • World Health Organization. Burnout an "occupational phenomenon": International Classification of Diseases. https://www.who.int/mental_health/evidence/burn-out/en/ Published May 28, 2019.
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Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Estimated)

March 3, 2026

Primary Completion (Estimated)

July 30, 2027

Study Completion (Estimated)

July 30, 2028

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

March 2, 2026

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 11, 2026

First Posted (Actual)

March 16, 2026

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

March 16, 2026

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 11, 2026

Last Verified

February 1, 2026

More Information

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Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 2392003

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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