Integrating Self-Care into Nursing Education and Practice: Strategies for Sustainable Wellbeing

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

Other than some references being dates, this is a very well written manuscript that is applicable to current challenges in nursing.

Author Response

Thank you very much for taking the time to review this manuscript. We have addressed the comment about the references. Please find the corresponding revisions/corrections highlighted/in track changes in the re-submitted files.

 

Author Response File: Author Response.pdf

Reviewer 2 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

This is a very important topic. Thank you for focusing on it. Overall, the article needs to be edited and rewritten for conciseness and clarity. I have provided a few examples and suggestions in the attached track reviews. The article is not streamlined and it takes effort to figure out what the author is trying to say. As mentioned in the attachment, the suggested teaching self-care strategies are based on Behavioral Theory as well as those included. As that is what is mentioned in the abstract, the educatinal theories should be more comprehensively examined. APA format is not followed, especially in citations and references. I wonder why other more recent articles on the topic are not included, such as 

Tsui, J., & Adam, S. (2023). Resilience in nursing education: an evolutionary concept analysis. International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship, 20(1). https://doi.org/10.1515/ijnes-2022-0121

Fairchild, R. M., & Tully Salena. (2025). Evaluating the Impact of Self-Care Strategies Incorporated in Undergraduate and Graduate Nursing Curricula. Nurse Educator, 50(1), E24–E30. https://doi.org/10.1097/NNE.0000000000001690

Bay, B. R. Z., Chua, J. Y. X., & Shorey, S. (2025). Experiences of Nurses Regarding Self-Care: A Qualitative Systematic Review and Meta-Synthesis. Nursing & Health Sciences, 27(1), e70044-. https://doi.org/10.1111/nhs.70044

 

Comments for author File: Comments.pdf

Comments on the Quality of English Language

The words are used correctly. The writing style needs to be refined. Some grammatical errors and typos noted.

Author Response

Thank you very much for taking the time to review this manuscript. Please find the detailed responses below and the corresponding revisions/corrections highlighted/in track changes in the re-submitted files

1. Content Refinement, we have:
   • Performed comprehensive editing to enhance clarity and conciseness
   • Streamlined narrative flow to improve message delivery
2. Track change Feedback incorporation, we have:  
   • Addressed all track change comments by implemented suggested improvements.
3. Theoretical Framework Enhancement, we have:
   • Integrated additional relevant theories into main discussion
   • Conducted thorough analysis of these theoretical perspectives
   • Updated abstract to reflect these substantive additions
4. Formatting Improvements, we have:

• Amended all references to APA format including in-text citations

5. Literature Update:

• Incorporated most recent scholarly references as recommended

Author Response File: Author Response.pdf

Reviewer 3 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

The work presented here is well-composed.  I find the overlaps similar to the findings in our US context from which I am more familiar. I note above references could be improved, but I do believe that in the present form the article is well referenced from your context and acceptable in its present form.

 

Author Response

Thank you very much for taking the time to review this manuscript. We have addressed the comment about the references. Please find the corresponding revisions/corrections highlighted/in track changes in the re-submitted files.

 

Author Response File: Author Response.pdf

Round 2

Reviewer 2 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

As an opinion piece, this article uses literature to support the opinion. It addresses an important topic.