title: Don't Just Survive, Thrive: Understanding How Acute Psychiatric Nurses Develop Resilience.
abstract: With one in five Canadians estimated to experience mental illness, retention of registered nurses in the acute psychiatric hospital setting becomes a pressing issue. The key for these nurses to survive and potentially even thrive in practice has been identified as resilience. From interviews with four registered nurses, maintaining a "vast" perspective, becoming an "expert" of self, clarifying "belief systems", and being "present" through "staying awake" were identified as key in developing resilience. Although participants expressed that the development of resilience is an individual process, the concept of development was similar. Developing personal resilience may be a matter of self-development.
authors.affiliation: Red Deer, Alberta, Canada. Electronic address: prosser.resilience.study@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Steven James
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Prosser
authors.affiliation: Red Deer College, Red Deer, Alberta, Canada. Electronic address: michael.metzger@rdc.ab.ca.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Metzger
authors.affiliation: Red Deer College, Red Deer, Alberta, Canada. Electronic address: kristen.gulbransen@rdc.ab.ca.
authors.forename: Kristen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gulbransen
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000517:prevention & control; D002170:Canada; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing; D036301:Qualitative Research; D055500:Resilience, Psychological