Resilience in Nursing Faculty: An Integrative Review
Hope E Jones1, Lora Humphrey Beebe1
1College of Nursing, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA.
Issues in Mental Health Nursing
|August 7, 2024
Summary
Resilience may help nursing faculty combat burnout and improve job satisfaction. More research is needed to understand how resilience, demographics, and quality of life impact nursing faculty retention.
Area of Science:
- Nursing Education
- Occupational Health
- Psychology
Background:
- Nursing faculty shortage impacts national nursing supply.
- Occupational burnout affects nursing faculty retention.
- Resilience research in practicing nurses suggests benefits for burnout and satisfaction.
Purpose of the Study:
- To review the current state of science on resilience in nursing faculty.
- To analyze 14 studies on nursing faculty resilience.
- To identify key themes in existing research.
Main Methods:
- Integrative literature review.
- Analysis of 14 studies.
- Identification of three major foci: resilience levels, demographic factors, and related concepts.
Main Results:
- Potential demographic differences in nursing faculty resilience require further investigation.
- Quality of life (QOL) and support correlate with nursing faculty resilience.
- More rigorous research is needed to confirm these relationships.
Conclusions:
- Understanding resilience factors is crucial for developing targeted interventions.
- Promoting resilience can aid in retaining nursing faculty.
- Further research will inform strategies to enhance nursing faculty resilience.
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