title: Fostering career resilience amid a hospital closure.
abstract: Resilience involves fostering a positive response or outcome when one faces adverse circumstances. This article provides a personal account of the closure of a public hospital and the resilience the nursing staff and chief nurse found to go forward in their nursing careers. Three major aspects are explored: professional identity, confidence/courage, and a sense of caring or concern.
authors.affiliation: Lamplighter Consulting, Greenfield, WI.
authors.forename: Paula A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Lucey
mesh_terms: D002322:Career Mobility; D006271:Health Facility Closure; D006801:Humans; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D055500:Resilience, Psychological