Exploring Individual and Team Resilience Among Dutch Hospital Nurses: A Survey Study.
Sharon A van Stralen1, Caroline Schlinkert1, Linda van Eikenhorst1
1Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research (NIVEL), Organization and Quality of Care, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Journal of Advanced Nursing
|January 29, 2025
Summary
Dutch nurses perceive themselves as more resilient individually than as a team. While work experience impacts team resilience, organizational support is crucial for maintaining nurse resilience amidst growing healthcare demands.
Area of Science:
- Healthcare Management
- Nursing Studies
- Organizational Psychology
Background:
- Nurses face significant daily workloads, necessitating effective coping mechanisms.
- Individual and team resilience are vital for managing nursing challenges, with work experience influencing individual resilience.
- Team resilience among nurses remains an under-researched area.
Purpose of the Study:
- To examine perceptions of individual and team resilience among Dutch hospital nurses.
- To investigate the influence of hospital type, ward type, and work experience on nurse resilience.
- To explore the relationship between individual and team resilience in the nursing profession.
Main Methods:
- The Employee Resilience Scale was utilized to assess individual resilience.
- The scale was adapted to evaluate team resilience in a nursing context.
- Paired t-tests, correlation analysis, and post hoc analyses were employed to analyze the data.
Main Results:
- 344 nurses from 17 Dutch hospitals participated.
- Nurses reported higher individual resilience (M=3.77) than team resilience (M=3.53).
- A significant positive correlation (r=0.53) was found between individual and team resilience; work experience impacted team resilience but not individual resilience.
Conclusions:
- Dutch nurses generally perceive themselves as resilient at both individual and team levels.
- Increasing healthcare workloads pose challenges to maintaining resilience.
- Organizations must adapt work environments to support nurse resilience.
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