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Research questions provided study foundation: RQ1: How do second-year nursing students with high levels of self-perceived grit of greater than 3.5 out of 5 as measured on the Grit-O Scale describe how grit was cultivated during their associate degree-seeking nursing program? RQ2: How do second-year nursing students with high levels of self-perceived grit describe how additional academic and non-academic strategies added to them in dealing with the challenges of their associate degree-seeking nursing program? <\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Design<\/jats:title><jats:p> Qualitative Descriptive Research <\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p> Inductive thematic analysis revealed six themes: importance of perseverance and passion, facets of grit; identification of program challenges and strategies used to deal with challenges; and the significance of support from nursing cohort, family, and friends, and nursing instructors. <\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p> Effective strategies for participating nursing student retention and program completion involved cultivation of grit and its facets of perseverance and passion and additional academic and non-academic strategies of nursing cohort and instructor support aided students in dealing with challenges faced during their associate degree-seeking nursing program at a rural, central Arizonan community college. <\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1177\/23779608251313894","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,1,22]],"date-time":"2025-01-22T10:22:37Z","timestamp":1737541357000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Cultivation of Grit in Nursing Students: A Qualitative Descriptive Study \u201cCultivation of Grit\u201d"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"11","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0001-4072-6143","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Carolyn Spriggs","family":"Muchna","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Doctoral Studies, Grand Canyon University, Phoenix, AZ, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,1,22]]},"reference":[{"key":"bibr1-23779608251313894","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1097\/01.NEP.0000000000000869"},{"key":"bibr2-23779608251313894","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.nepr.2019.07.005"},{"key":"bibr3-23779608251313894","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1191\/1478088706qp063oa"},{"key":"bibr4-23779608251313894","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s11135-021-01182-y"},{"key":"bibr5-23779608251313894","first-page":"1","volume":"102","author":"Calo M.","year":"2022","journal-title":"Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Journal"},{"key":"bibr6-23779608251313894","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/s12912-022-00851-z"},{"key":"bibr7-23779608251313894","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.4094\/chnr.2021.27.4.395"},{"key":"bibr8-23779608251313894","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1188\/14.ONF.89-91"},{"key":"bibr9-23779608251313894","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1097\/JTE.0000000000000246"},{"key":"bibr10-23779608251313894","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3389\/fpsyg.2020.545526"},{"key":"bibr11-23779608251313894","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/jopy.12382"},{"key":"bibr12-23779608251313894","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/1744987119880234"},{"key":"bibr13-23779608251313894","volume-title":"Grit: The power of passion and perseverance","author":"Duckworth A.","year":"2016"},{"key":"bibr14-23779608251313894","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1037\/0022-3514.92.6.1087"},{"key":"bibr15-23779608251313894","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/00223890802634290"},{"key":"bibr16-23779608251313894","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.nedt.2021.105124"},{"key":"bibr17-23779608251313894","volume-title":"Academic tenacity: Mindsets and skills that promote long-term learning","author":"Dweck C.","year":"2014"},{"key":"bibr18-23779608251313894","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.12968\/bjon.2022.31.22.1144"},{"key":"bibr19-23779608251313894","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.teln.2021.05.004"},{"key":"bibr20-23779608251313894","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.teln.2019.12.009"},{"key":"bibr21-23779608251313894","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.nedt.2020.104378"},{"issue":"5","key":"bibr22-23779608251313894","first-page":"252","volume":"38","author":"Ferguson S. 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