A Literature Review on Research Trends in Resilience for Nurses

Abstract

The aim of this study was to analyze previous published literatures on resilience for nurses and to fur-ther explore study methods to improve resilience among nurses in Japan.

Using the PUBMED and Igaku Chuo Zasshi Database so that 24 literatures were selected, and 8resilience studies were conducted among nurses in Japan.

These studies were classified studies about factors which constitute resilience, about factors enhance the resilience in nurses, related to resilience of nurse, and relationship between factors of nurse and resilience in patients and their family. These studies have suggested factors that affect resilience and positive impact of resilience among nurses. It is important to identify the strongest factors to influence resilience for nurses in order to further explore method to improve resilience.