Factors associated with resilience levels in nurse educators: A cross-sectional study
Marcia Kirwan1, Anja H Brunsveld-Reinders2, Mary Casey3
1School of Nursing, Psychotherapy and Community Health, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland.
Background:
Resilience in the workplace has become a focus of attention for researchers concerned with both productivity and well-being. The COVID-19 pandemic has invited focus on the higher education sector as the pivot to online education was an unprecedented challenge for those delivering education, particularly those associated with healthcare programmes. Understanding resilience in nurse educators is important considering ongoing and future challenges to healthcare provision, including challenges posed by a reducing health workforce. In this study the COVID-19 pandemic was deemed to represent a point of high stress in nurse education.
Aim:
To examine the factors associated with the self-reported resilience levels of nurse educators, including work-related stress and associated personal and professional characteristics.
Design And Setting:
Multi-centre, quantitative, cross-sectional survey.
Participants:
Nurse educators employed in six schools of nursing (three each in Ireland and the Netherlands). Convenience sampling method was used and a total of 100 nurse educators (n=52 Irish, n=48 Dutch) participated in the survey.
Methods:
Data were collected in September-October 2023. Participants (n=100) completed an online item survey composed of The Brief Resilience Scale (BRS) and a stress state scale developed for this study. Data were analyzed with descriptive and inferential statistics.
Results:
On the two factors related to the nurse educators' perceived stress, no statistically significant differences were found between the Irish and Dutch participants. Higher levels of resilience were found to be associated with male nurse educators, those with a PhD/Doctorate, those with more years of teaching experience and those who have relatively higher levels of professional stress.
Conclusions:
Nurse educators are responsible for preparing students to work in an ever-changing environment. These roles are often stressful and a greater understanding of the factors associated with increased resilience levels may enable nurse educators to reach their potential in everyday work and respond more positively to adversity.
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