Exploring resilience and workplace adversity in registered nurses: A qualitative analysis
Costantinos Kosta Tabakakis1,2, Margaret McAllister1, Julie Bradshaw3
1School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Sciences, CQUniversity, Noosa, Queensland, Australia.
Nursing & Health Sciences
|December 16, 2021
Summary
New Zealand nurses draw on personal resilience to navigate workplace adversity. Healthcare organizations must reduce adversity and support nurses
Area of Science:
- Nursing and Healthcare Management
- Organizational Psychology
- Resilience Studies
Background:
- Existing nursing resilience research predominantly focuses on quantitative, individualistic perspectives.
- Contextual and organizational factors influencing nurse resilience remain underexplored.
- A gap exists in understanding the lived experiences of nurses facing workplace adversity.
Purpose of the Study:
- To qualitatively explore New Zealand registered nurses' experiences with resilience and workplace adversity.
- To identify factors contributing to or hindering nurses' resilience in their work environment.
- To inform organizational strategies for supporting nurse resilience.
Main Methods:
- An online survey was administered to New Zealand registered nurses in 2018.
- Qualitative responses were analyzed using Braun and Clarke's thematic analysis.
- Three core themes related to nurses' resilience strategies were identified.
Main Results:
- Nurses predominantly rely on personal resilience to overcome workplace challenges.
- Key themes identified include perseverance, the influence of past experiences on present resilience, and self-initiated coping strategies.
- Individual coping mechanisms are central to navigating adversity.
Conclusions:
- Health service organizations need to implement policies that actively reduce workplace adversity.
- Organizations should foster and develop strategies supporting both individual and collective nurse resilience.
- Future research should investigate systemic and structural modifications within healthcare organizations to better support nurses' resilience.
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