Resilience in Nursing: A Concept Analysis

Abstract

Nursing resilience is attracting increasing attention in research and practice. Possession of a high level of resilience is cited as being crucial for nurses and nursing managers to succeed professionally and manage workplace stressors. There is no agreed definition of nursing resilience. These is expanding the role of nurse managers to be responsible for creating and maintaining a professional work environment for nurses and a safe environment for patients. Purpose: The present study aimed at clarifying and defining the concept of resilience its attributes, antecedents, and implication in the nursing. Method: In this study, the steps of concept analysis were as follows: Select a concept, determine its aim, various definitions, determine the concept attributes and identify the antecedents and implications. Data Collection: For purposes of this concept analysis, PubMed, Google search engines, Ovid, CINAL and ProQuest, were scanned and searched using the keywords. Conclusion: Resilience in nursing as cited in this paper is related to nursing managers who are experiencing workplace adversity. Resilience in nursing needs to be recognized by the hospital and nursing administrators as important in keeping nurses in sound emotional and psychological well-being. Recommendations: Recognizing the presence of adversity and learning how to confront or adapt positively with it is a nod towards maintaining a healthy emotional, physical and psychological health. Hospitals need to accept that nurses are exposed to stresses of differing proportions. Nursing administrators and leaders should devise a program for nursing and other hospital staff to build and strengthen their sense of resilience.