Resilience: A prevailing nursing characteristic

As nurses we pride ourselves on our resilience. psychiatric mental health also help others to develop and enhance their During this recent global pandemic, resilience among all of us has presented everyday challenges. embark the 2021 meeting International Society Psychiatric Mental Health Nurses focused I decided offer some tips that have been particularly helpful nurse colleagues. First foremost, focus meaningfulness life work do as nurses. Each nurse, at point care, with patients, families other nurses, is continuously engaged in meaningful interactions individuals. Yet often take for granted. Recognition colleagues important. Seek sources support a personal professional levels. Recognize when you need reach out others, someone talk to, share your experiences with, acknowledge difficult are doing. Building years conceptual understandings life, recently launched new program, Narrative Nursing, powerful they do, goal building shared understanding nursing work, daily over (Fitzpatrick, 2017Fitzpatrick J.J. nursing: Applications practice, education research.Applied Nursing Research. 2017; 37: 67Crossref PubMed Scopus (11) Google Scholar, Fitzpatrick, 2021Fitzpatrick empowering leaders.Nursing Administration Quarterly. 2021; (in press)Google Scholar; Fitzpatrick et al., 2019Fitzpatrick Rivera R.R. Walsh L. Byers O.M. Inspiring vision clinical nurses.Nurse Leader. 2019; 17: 131-134Abstract Full Text PDF (5) Scholar). Throughout many workshops led there recognition participants power sharing work. supported each acclaimed success through key words such as: affirming, inspiring, engaging, powerful, transformational. We currently process implementing during COVID-19 pandemic. Again stories testimonials doing, day out, past year plus. an important outcome receive from colleagues, who directly interventions patients suffering both individual group process. can every step way, acknowledging particular.