Aim To understand nurse resilience by integrating the qualitative research results on nurses’ resilience-related experiences. Methods We applied the seven steps of the meta-ethnographic process by Noblit and Hare (1988). Five databases (PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science, CINAHL and PsycINFO) were used to search for relevant studies published from January 2011 to September 2021. Results Sixteen qualitative studies were included. The four themes of “self-development based on one’s inner self”, “fostering a positive attitude towards life”, “developing personal strategies for overcoming adversity” and “building professionalism to become a better nurse” illustrate that they want to improve their inner strength and develop themselves through self-examination. Conclusion In this study, we examined nurse resilience, and the results can provide fundamental conclusions useful for the development of an intervention study to improve nurse resilience.

Further studies need to be designed as the longitudinal studies with larger random samples and better measures of sexuality.

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Background Palliative wound care is important for stability in terminal care. It addresses both the physical and psychological needs of patients and facilitates other aspects of terminal care. Appropriate competencies of nurses regarding palliative wound care can improve patient outcomes and raise their quality of life. The purpose of this study was to identify how wound care nurses structure the subjective frames regarding palliative wound care. Method This study utilized Q-methodology to analyze their subjective viewpoints. Forty nurses experienced in palliative wound care were asked to completely classify 35 Q-statements into a normal distribution shape. The PQ-Method program was used to conduct principal factor analysis and varimax rotation for data analysis. Results This study revealed 4 Q-factors of palliative wound care: “Focusing on care within the boundary of current patient demands,” “Comparing continuously the priorities on wound healing and disease care,” “Preparing and preventing from worsening via tracking care in advance,” and “Moving forward with a clear direction by confronting the declining condition.” Conclusion We hope that the results of this study are used in the development of nursing education that reflects professional perspectives of palliative wound care, thus helping to improve nursing competencies in palliative care.

Purpose: This study was designed to provide qualitative data to explore the nurses' experience of caring for elders who are dying. Methods: Data were collected from ten nurses who had experiences in nursing elders who were dying and receiving care in long term care facilities in Korea. Analysis of data was done by conventional content analysis. Results: In this study, 8 essential themes were extracted; 'beginning of dying with uncertainty', 'approaching death in daily life', 'effort for medical intervention', 'arranging the last meeting with significant others', 'becoming elder's family member inside who shared elder's life', 'rumination about the situation of elders' dying and accumulated experience, 'empirical understanding and coping with human death', 'results depends on nurses'role' Conclusion: The results of the study suggest that nursing care manuals and prediction tools regarding end-of-life care for elders need to be developed and preparation of advance directives for elders in the long-term care settings should be required.