title: An exploratory study of resilience and job satisfaction among psychiatric nurses working in inpatient units.
abstract: The present exploratory study was designed to examine the relationship between resilience and job satisfaction in psychiatric nurses working in inpatient units in a large, urban medical centre. The long range goal was to understand the dimensions of job satisfaction in this inpatient environment in order to implement nurse retention programmes specifically targeted toward teaching nurses skills in developing resilience. The nurses (n = 32) reported a high level of resilience and high job satisfaction. The job satisfaction subscale of professional status had the highest mean rating among these nurses, and the physician-nurse interaction subscale had the lowest mean score. Implications for future practice and research are addressed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing Psychiatry, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY 10029, USA. pat.matos@mountsinai.org
authors.forename: Patricia S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Matos
authors.forename: Lori A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Neushotz
authors.forename: Mary T Quinn
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Griffin
authors.forename: Joyce J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Fitzpatrick
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000451:nursing*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D010563:Personnel Turnover; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing; D055500:Resilience, Psychological; D014481:United States