Nurse resilience: A concept analysis

Abstract

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 organisations.

Social and emotional loneliness among college students during the COVID-19 pandemic: the predictive role of coping behaviours, social support, and personal resilience

“…In this study, a higher level of emotional loneliness was attributed to lower scores in the personal resilience category, while a higher level of social loneliness was attributed to lower scores in the coping and social support categories, suggesting the importance of building individual resilience and coping behaviours and enhancing social support to combat the negative psychological and mental effects of disease control protocols such as the home quarantine, social distancing, and lockdown measures during the pandemic. Further, this study's result provides support to earlier studies involving the general population and linking personal resilience to reduced anxiety, stress, and depression (Foster et al, 2020;Labrague & De los Santos, 2020) and improved overall mental and psychological health (Cooper et al, 2020). In a study involving young adolescents, adequate coping skills and resilience were identi ed as protective factors against loneliness and other negative effects of social distancing and lockdown measures during the pandemic (Groarke et al, 2020).…”

“…Adequate support that originates from peers and family was also observed to be vital to assist an individual in effectively managing stress-provoking situations such as disaster events, emergency crises, and infectious disease outbreaks (Langan et al, 2017). During the COVID-19 pandemic, where stress and loneliness are high, personal resilience, positive coping behaviours, and adequate social support may assist frontline health care workers to adequately cope with the burden associated with the pandemic (Cooper et al, 2020) and sustain their mental health and psychological wellbeing (Labrague et al, 2018;Labrague & De los Santos, 2020). Despite the increasing evidence highlighting the value of building resilience and increasing organisational and social support to assist an individual in attaining positive mental health outcomes (e.g., the reduction of anxiety, stress, depression) during the COVID-19 pandemic, studies looking into how these factors contribute to the curtailment of loneliness among college students during the COVID-19 pandemic remain unexplored.…”

COVID‐19 anxiety among front‐line nurses: Predictive role of organisational support, personal resilience and social support

“…Personal resilience, or a person's capacity to 'bounce back' or recover quickly from a stressful event (Hart, Brannan, & De Chesnay, 2014), may help nurses cope effectively and endure the burden caused by stressors. In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, personal resilience may help nurses effectively endure the stress caused by the pandemic (Cooper, Brown, Rees, & Leslie, 2020).…”

“…Personal resilience, or a person's capacity to ‘bounce back’ or recover quickly from a stressful event (Hart, Brannan, & De Chesnay, 2014), may help nurses cope effectively and endure the burden caused by stressors. In the context of the COVID‐19 pandemic, personal resilience may help nurses effectively endure the stress caused by the pandemic (Cooper, Brown, Rees, & Leslie, 2020). Available studies identified the protective role of personal resilience in nurses during disaster events (Labrague, Hammad, et al, 2018; Turner, 2015) and disease outbreak (Duncan, 2020), suggesting that strengthening nurses’ levels of hardiness and coping abilities can help them manage and deal with stressful situations effectively.…”

The Influence of Organizational Culture on Resilience by Mediatory Effects of Occupational Stress, Job Satisfaction, and Burnout in Nurses: Structural Equation ModelingModeling

“…Phili and Karen-Leigh (19) have suggested that nurses in the 21st century have to develop their resilience to deal with occupational problems and maintain their mental health. Resilience and resilient behaviors can potentially help individuals to overcome negative experiences and turn them into positive experiences (20). In the absence of resilience, the working conditions of nurses would become very challenging and cause psychological and biological damages.…”