Nursing Practice Environment and Resilience of Nurses in General Hospitals, Naypyitaw, the Republic of the Union of Myanmar
Keywords:
Resilience, Nurses, Nursing practice environment, General hospitalsAbstract
Nurses are confronted with increasing levels of adversity in their workplace and experience many stressors. Resilience can help nurses avoid or lower the adverse effects caused by these stressors, leading to retention of nurses. This descriptive-correlational research aimed to describe the nursing practice environment and resilience, and to examine their relationship among nurses in general hospitals in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. A stratified random sampling method was used to select 155 nurses from general hospitals in Naypyitaw. The research tools utilized were the Practice Environment Scale of Nursing Work Index (PES-NWI) and the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC-25). The Cronbach alpha coefficients of the tools were .82 and .91, respectively. Descriptive statistics and Pearson's correlation coefficient were employed to analyze the data.
The findings were as follows:
1. The nursing practice environment as perceived by nurses was favorable (M = 2.61, SD = 0.24).
2. The mean score for resilience in nurses was 71.71 (SD = 12.46), with the first, second, third, and fourth quartiles being 0-65 (25.80%), 66-73 (25.16%), 74-81 (24.52%), and 82-100 (24.52%), respectively.
3. The nursing practice environment had a significantly positively moderate relationship with the resilience of nurses (r = 0.33, p < 0.001).
This study's findings can provide vital evidence for nurse administrators, hospital administrators, and policymakers to strengthen and maintain a favorable nursing practice environment; design in-service training programs for professional competence; organize adequate facilities, flexible working schedules, and regular staff meetings to tackle the foundations of stress; and seek collaborative outcomes for enhancing nurses’ resilience.
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