Journal article
Resilience in the operating room: developing and testing of a resilience model
Journal of advanced nursing, Vol.59(4), pp.427-438
08/2007
PMID: 17608683
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Abstract
This paper is a report of a study to examine the relation of perceived competence, collaboration, control, self-efficacy, hope, coping, age, experience, education and years of employment to resilience in operating room (OR) nurses.
Resilience is viewed as a vital attribute for nurses because it augments adaptation in demanding and volatile clinical environments such as ORs. However, there has been little research into the utility of resilience as a means of dealing with workplace stress, and there is only limited understanding of variables that explain resilience in the context of nursing.
A correlational cross-sectional survey design was used. Of a national sample of 2860 Australian OR nurses, 1430 were selected by systematic random sampling and invited to complete a questionnaire in 2006. The instrument included scales measuring perceived competence, collaboration, control, self-efficacy, hope, coping and resilience, and gathered information about the demographic characteristics of respondents.
Two regression models were used to develop a model of resilience. An initial model tested the hypothesis that a set of 12 explanatory variables contributed to resilience in OR nurses. Five variables (hope, self-efficacy, coping, control and competence) explained resilience at statistically significant levels. Age, experience, education and years of employment did not contribute to resilience at statistically significant levels. The final model explained 60% of the variance. In both models, the strongest explanatory variables were hope, self-efficacy and coping.
Identification of explanatory variables that contribute to resilience in ORs may assist in implementing strategies that promote these behaviours, and thus retain nurses in this specialty.
Details
- Title
- Resilience in the operating room: developing and testing of a resilience model
- Creators
- Brigid M Gillespie - Griffith UniversityWendy Chaboyer - Griffith UniversityMarianne Wallis - Griffith UniversityPeter Grimbeek - Griffith University
- Publication Details
- Journal of advanced nursing, Vol.59(4), pp.427-438
- Publisher
- England
- Identifiers
- 991012927000302368
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Health; Nursing
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article