'What is the matter with me' or a 'badge of honour': Nurses' constructions of resilience during COVID-19

Conolly, Anna, Abrams, Ruth, Rowland, Emma, Harris, Ruth, Couper, Ruth, Kelly, Daniel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1847-0655, Kent, Bridie and Maben, Jill 2022. 'What is the matter with me' or a 'badge of honour': Nurses' constructions of resilience during COVID-19. Global Qualitative Nursing Research 9 10.1177/23333936221094862

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Abstract

It has long been known that nursing work is challenging and has the potential for negative impacts. During the COVID-19 pandemic most nurses’ working landscapes altered dramatically and many faced unprecedented challenges. Resilience is a contested term that has been used with increasing prevalence in healthcare with health professionals encouraging a “tool-box” of stress management techniques and resilience-building skills. Drawing on narrative interview data (n = 27) from the Impact of Covid on Nurses (ICON) qualitative study we examine how nurses conceptualized resilience during COVID-19 and the impacts this had on their mental wellbeing. We argue here that it is paramount that nurses are not blamed for experiencing workplace stress when perceived not to be resilient “enough,” particularly when expressing what may be deemed to be normal and appropriate reactions given the extreme circumstances and context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Healthcare Sciences
Additional Information:	This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages.
Publisher:	SAGE
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	13 April 2022
Date of Acceptance:	1 April 2022
Last Modified:	09 May 2023 02:16
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/149174

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