Rethinking Resilience: Nurses and Nurse Leaders Emerging From the Post-COVID-19 Environment
Sonia Udod1, Maura MacPhee, Pamela Baxter
1Author Affiliations: Assistant Professor (Dr Udod), College of Nursing, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba; Professor (Dr MacPhee), School of Nursing, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia; Associate Professor (Dr Baxter), McMaster School of Nursing, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Abstract:
Nurses and nurse leaders are working in unprecedented intense and demanding environments, and the COVID-19 pandemic continues to place strain on their mental well-being. If stressful work conditions remain at extraordinary high levels, nurses and leaders may ultimately leave their positions, creating even more uncertainty in the workforce. Enhancing individual resilience has become a superficial response in retaining nurses during a global nursing shortage. We argue that resilience is not solely an individual responsibility. Rather, resilience it is a mutual responsibility between the individual and the organization. In this article, we discuss how nurse leaders can foster organizational resilience while also enhancing their own individual resilience within the current pandemic environment, and as we transition to a post-COVID environment.
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