title: Work Life Stress and Career Resilience of Licensed Nursing Facility Administrators.
abstract: Career resilience provided a frame for understanding how Licensed Nursing Facility Administrators (LNFAs) sustain role performance and even thrive in stressful skilled nursing facility work environments. Quantitative and qualitative analyses of in-depth interviews with18 LNFAs, averaging 24 years of experience were conducted by a five-member research team. Analysis was informed by evidence-based frameworks for career resilience in the health professions as well as the National Association of Long-Term Care Administrator Boards' (NAB) five domains of competent administrative practice. Findings included six sources of work stressors and six sources of professional satisfaction. Also, participants identified seven strategic principles and 10 administrative practices for addressing major sources of stress. Recommendations are provided for research and evidence-based application of the career resilience perspective to LNFA practice aimed at reducing role abandonment and energizing the delivery of the quality of care that each resident deserves.
authors: 1 Baylor University, Waco, TX, USA.
authors: Dennis R
authors: DR
authors: Myers
authors: 1 Baylor University, Waco, TX, USA.
authors: Rob
authors: R
authors: Rogers
authors: 1 Baylor University, Waco, TX, USA.
authors: Harold H
authors: HH
authors: LeCrone
authors: 2 Veteran's Administration Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
authors: Katherine
authors: K
authors: Kelley
authors: 3 Boston University, MA, USA.
authors: Joel H
authors: JH
authors: Scott
mesh_terms: D000288:Administrative Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D000073397:Occupational Stress / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D055500:Resilience, Psychological; D012866:Skilled Nursing Facilities / Q000458:organization & administration; D000066477:Work Performance; D017132:Workplace / Q000523:psychology
keywords: career resilience; job satisfaction; nursing facility administrators; retention; work stressors