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Index de Enfermería
On-line version ISSN 1699-5988Print version ISSN 1132-1296
Abstract
CARO ALONSO, Pedro Ángel and RODRIGUEZ-MARTIN, Beatriz. Potentialities of resilience of nursing professionals. Index Enferm [online]. 2018, vol.27, n.1-2, pp.42-46. ISSN 1699-5988.
Justification:
resilience offered a hopefulvision for affliction and is a key tool for health promotion.
Aim:
to know the potentialities of resilience for nursing professionals after analysis of scientific evidence.
Methodology:
narrative review in databases MEDLINE (PubMed), SCOPUS, Scielo, Dialnet and CUIDEN of articles exploring the potentialities of resilience for nursing professionals. 17 articles were analysed.
Results:
resilience improves professionals’ personal strengths, their coping capacities, and the caregiving, reducing the vulnerability, and prevalence of post-traumatic stress, anxiety, depression, and Burnout Syndrome.
Conclusion:
resilience is a protective factor of health and an effective tool for health promotion, improving personal strengths and the caregiving. Resilience needs to be integrated into training and re-training programs.
Keywords : Psychological resilience; Nurses; Narrative review.