title: Exploring salutogenesis as a concept of health and wellbeing in nurses who thrive professionally.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine whether salutogenesis, a concept of health and wellbeing, can be identified in nurses who self-describe as thriving professionally.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Nurse burnout can potentially impact clinical performance, patient safety, and increase the turnover of nurses, which all contribute to additional healthcare costs. The ability to not only avoid burnout, but to thrive in stressful environments is an important factor worth exploring. The salutogenic concept is related to this.
  
  
  METHODS
  This was a mixed-method, exploratory, descriptive study involving 12 volunteer nurses.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Qualitative data analysis revealed the following main themes: 'other people', 'passion', 'coping mechanisms', 'personal characteristics' and 'time'. Quantitative data revealed the average sense of coherence (SOC) score, which measures a person's perceived health, was 73.58 out of a possible 91 points. Ranking of scores revealed the four highest scoring means all correlated to the meaningfulness category of the SOC questionnaire.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Salutogenesis could be considered a quality in nurses who thrive, but further research is needed.
authors.affiliation: Undergraduate Nursing Student, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu.
authors.forename: Eleanor
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Stock
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006262:Health; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D008875:Middle Aged; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D036301:Qualitative Research; D055500:Resilience, Psychological; D060685:Sense of Coherence; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors
keywords: Burnout; Health; Nursing; Resilience; Salutogenesis; Sense of coherence; Stress; Wellbeing