An Exploration of Resiliency Among Nurse Educators During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to explore resilience among nursing faculty during the COVID-19 pandemic and to examine associations or differences that may exist among variables and between groups. BACKGROUND Nurse educators' resilience has been identified as an important characteristic because of the challenges involved in nursing education. It is important to explore resilience among nurse educators to determine which factors promote or inhibit this important characteristic. METHOD This correlational research study used an online survey to explore factors related to resilience among nurse faculty during the COVID-19 pandemic. Correlational analyses were used to determine the relationship between various resilience constructs and select demographic variables. RESULTS Findings indicated that higher levels of resilience were associated with age (ρ = .21, p < .001), experience teaching online (r = .22, p < .001), and professional development related to online teaching (M = 80.7, SD = 11.0), t(276) = 2.41, p = .017. CONCLUSION Resilience and related characteristics have the potential to assist nurse educators in adapting successfully to stressful circumstances. It is crucial that schools of nursing develop programs to enhance or develop resilience among nurse educators. Support and training in the area of online education are also of paramount importance.

Determining the degree of resilience among nurse educators in Saudi Arabia

“…The results indicated that these nurse educators exhibited high resilience scores. The study findings reported that there was no significant difference (p > .05) in the resilience level according to demographic characteristics such as age, gender, years of experience, income, type of hospital where they are working in, nationality, and work shifts, it is in contrast to Nurse-Clarke and Sockol (2022) [28] study, who conducted a correlational study utilizing an online survey to investigate the parameters associated with resilience among nurse faculty members within the COVID-19 epidemic. Correlational analyses were employed to ascertain the association between different notions of resilience and specific demographic characteristics which revealed that there was a significant positive correlation between resilience and age (< .001), as well as between resilience and experience teaching online (p < .001).…”