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Abdollahi R, Rasoolpour S. RESILIENCE, AN EFFECTIVE APPROACH TO SUSTAINABILITY IN NURSING: A LETTER TO THE EDITOR. Nursing and Midwifery Journal 2023; 21 (12) :1006-1008
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1- Ph.D Student of Nursing, Urmia University of Medical Sciences (Corresponding Author) , rezaabdollahi97@yahoo.com
2- Ph.D Student of Nursing, Urmia University of Medical Sciences
2- Ph.D Student of Nursing, Urmia University of Medical Sciences
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Due to the nature of their profession, nurses face various stressors, and the level of this stress in nursing is higher than in other health professions (1). Among the stress-causing factors, we can mention things such as the need for a high level of knowledge and skills, high workload, the need for immediate response of the nurse to serious situations, and heavy responsibility due to patient care (2). Therefore, due to the stressful nature of the nursing profession, the physical and mental health of nurses faces a serious threat, and in the long run, it can cause problems such as physical and mental illnesses, leaving the profession, dissatisfaction, and job burnout (3).
Resilience is the capacity to bounce back from persistent and continuous difficulty and the ability to repair oneself. This human capacity can help individuals pass through unfortunate events victoriously and improve their social, academic and professional competence despite being exposed to extreme tensions (4). Resilience is a characteristic that varies from one person to another, can grow or decrease over time, and is formed in the trial-and-error process of life based on a person's intellectual and practical self-correction (5). Resilience is necessary for a person's stability against injuries or threatening conditions, as well as the person's active and constructive participation in the environment, and it enables the person to establish biological-psychological balance in stressful conditions (6). With the help of this ability, a person can turn stressful situations into an opportunity for learning and growth and control stress by focusing on the form (7).
Research has shown that resilience is an essential factor that increases nurses' satisfaction and job permanence in different departments and affects mental and physical well-being, reducing stress and burnout and the professional performance of nurses. Also, their mental health is promoted (8). Also, understanding the concept of resilience can help provide support and develop programs to help nurses improve and stay in nursing (9).
In today's era, nurses must skillfully develop resilience to face professional problems and ensure their mental health because resilience and resilient behaviors help people overcome negative experiences and turn these experiences into positive experiences (10). Resilience corrects or moderates the adverse effects of unfavorable job conditions, increases mental health, and improves the quality of nursing services. Otherwise, the working conditions for nurses will be so difficult that they will suffer psychological and biological injuries, and it will be difficult to continue their careers in such an environment (11).
In conclusion, resilience is an effective factor in increasing the resistance and tolerance of nurses against the adversities and hardships of professional life, and equipping nurses with this tool is like a shield against all kinds of hardships and problems. It can improve the tolerance and adaptation of nurses to the adversities of professional burnout. Therefore, it is necessary to pay enough attention to this matter in the educational and training plans of nurses so that resilience skills are institutionalized and promoted in nurses.
Resilience is the capacity to bounce back from persistent and continuous difficulty and the ability to repair oneself. This human capacity can help individuals pass through unfortunate events victoriously and improve their social, academic and professional competence despite being exposed to extreme tensions (4). Resilience is a characteristic that varies from one person to another, can grow or decrease over time, and is formed in the trial-and-error process of life based on a person's intellectual and practical self-correction (5). Resilience is necessary for a person's stability against injuries or threatening conditions, as well as the person's active and constructive participation in the environment, and it enables the person to establish biological-psychological balance in stressful conditions (6). With the help of this ability, a person can turn stressful situations into an opportunity for learning and growth and control stress by focusing on the form (7).
Research has shown that resilience is an essential factor that increases nurses' satisfaction and job permanence in different departments and affects mental and physical well-being, reducing stress and burnout and the professional performance of nurses. Also, their mental health is promoted (8). Also, understanding the concept of resilience can help provide support and develop programs to help nurses improve and stay in nursing (9).
In today's era, nurses must skillfully develop resilience to face professional problems and ensure their mental health because resilience and resilient behaviors help people overcome negative experiences and turn these experiences into positive experiences (10). Resilience corrects or moderates the adverse effects of unfavorable job conditions, increases mental health, and improves the quality of nursing services. Otherwise, the working conditions for nurses will be so difficult that they will suffer psychological and biological injuries, and it will be difficult to continue their careers in such an environment (11).
In conclusion, resilience is an effective factor in increasing the resistance and tolerance of nurses against the adversities and hardships of professional life, and equipping nurses with this tool is like a shield against all kinds of hardships and problems. It can improve the tolerance and adaptation of nurses to the adversities of professional burnout. Therefore, it is necessary to pay enough attention to this matter in the educational and training plans of nurses so that resilience skills are institutionalized and promoted in nurses.
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