Journal
INTERNATIONAL EMERGENCY NURSING
Volume 42, Issue -, Pages 44-50Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ienj.2018.05.005
Keywords
Resilience; Grounded Theory; Crowding; Emergency Department; Nurse
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- Chang Gung Memorial Hospital [CMRPF6D0021, CMRPF6D0022]
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Purpose: Professional resilience has become increasingly important for nurses in adverse work environments to reduce the negative results and increase the positive outcomes of stress. This study aimed to explore and understand the experiences of resilience among nurses in an overcrowded emergency department (ED) and increase knowledge about what nurses identified as protective factors, which may be useful for future planning. Methods: A construction-grounded theory (CGT) approach was adopted. Purposive sampling and snowball technique were employed to recruit 13 participants, which proved sufficient to achieve theoretical saturation. In-depth interviews were conducted and audiotaped. Results: Doubting work value and maintaining optimism were the 2 main themes in the core category of seeing and taking work difficulty and responsibility. Nurses described how their passion for their profession gradually diminished, but they assessed the situation and took responsibility for their jobs. Conclusion: This study found that nurses retain their compassion, which sustains them in their work. The issue of ED overcrowding led to pessimism among nurses. However, work rewards encouraged nurses to adopt a more proactive attitude toward work-related adversity.
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