Nurse resilience: A concept analysis

Nurse resilience is attracting increasing attention in research and practice. Possession of a high level of resilience is cited as being crucial for nurses to succeed professionally and manage workplace stressors. There is no agreed definition of nurse resilience. A concept analysis was undertaken t...

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Main Authors: Cooper, Alannah, Brown, Janie, Rees, Clare, Leslie, Gavin
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: WILEY 2020
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/87129
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Brown, Janie
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description Nurse resilience is attracting increasing attention in research and practice. Possession of a high level of resilience is cited as being crucial for nurses to succeed professionally and manage workplace stressors. There is no agreed definition of nurse resilience. A concept analysis was undertaken to examine nurse resilience using a priori selected analysis framework. This concept analysis aims to systematically analyse resilience as it relates to nurses and establish a working definition of nurse resilience. Sixty-nine papers met the search criteria for inclusion. Key attributes of nurse resilience were social support, self-efficacy, work–life balance/self-care, humour, optimism, and being realistic. Resilience enables nurses to positively adapt to stressors and adversity. It is a complex and dynamic process which varies over time and context and embodies both individual attributes and external resources. Sustaining nurse resilience requires action and engagement from both individuals and organizations.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-871292022-01-13T01:33:23Z Nurse resilience: A concept analysis Cooper, Alannah Brown, Janie Rees, Clare Leslie, Gavin Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Nursing Psychiatry adversity concept analysis definition nurses resilience POSTTRAUMATIC-STRESS-DISORDER POSITIVE ORGANIZATIONAL-BEHAVIOR MENTAL-HEALTH NURSES WORK-LIFE BALANCE SOCIAL SUPPORT PERSONAL RESILIENCE COMPASSION FATIGUE PSYCHIATRIC-NURSES JOB-SATISFACTION SELF-EFFICACY Nurse resilience is attracting increasing attention in research and practice. Possession of a high level of resilience is cited as being crucial for nurses to succeed professionally and manage workplace stressors. There is no agreed definition of nurse resilience. A concept analysis was undertaken to examine nurse resilience using a priori selected analysis framework. This concept analysis aims to systematically analyse resilience as it relates to nurses and establish a working definition of nurse resilience. Sixty-nine papers met the search criteria for inclusion. Key attributes of nurse resilience were social support, self-efficacy, work–life balance/self-care, humour, optimism, and being realistic. Resilience enables nurses to positively adapt to stressors and adversity. It is a complex and dynamic process which varies over time and context and embodies both individual attributes and external resources. Sustaining nurse resilience requires action and engagement from both individuals and organizations. 2020 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/87129 10.1111/inm.12721 English WILEY fulltext
spellingShingle Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Nursing
Psychiatry
adversity
concept analysis
definition
nurses
resilience
POSTTRAUMATIC-STRESS-DISORDER
POSITIVE ORGANIZATIONAL-BEHAVIOR
MENTAL-HEALTH NURSES
WORK-LIFE BALANCE
SOCIAL SUPPORT
PERSONAL RESILIENCE
COMPASSION FATIGUE
PSYCHIATRIC-NURSES
JOB-SATISFACTION
SELF-EFFICACY
Cooper, Alannah
Brown, Janie
Rees, Clare
Leslie, Gavin
Nurse resilience: A concept analysis
title Nurse resilience: A concept analysis
title_full Nurse resilience: A concept analysis
title_fullStr Nurse resilience: A concept analysis
title_full_unstemmed Nurse resilience: A concept analysis
title_short Nurse resilience: A concept analysis
title_sort nurse resilience: a concept analysis
topic Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Nursing
Psychiatry
adversity
concept analysis
definition
nurses
resilience
POSTTRAUMATIC-STRESS-DISORDER
POSITIVE ORGANIZATIONAL-BEHAVIOR
MENTAL-HEALTH NURSES
WORK-LIFE BALANCE
SOCIAL SUPPORT
PERSONAL RESILIENCE
COMPASSION FATIGUE
PSYCHIATRIC-NURSES
JOB-SATISFACTION
SELF-EFFICACY
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/87129