Resilience of Nurses in Nakornping Hospital, Chiang Mai Province
Keywords:
Nakornping hospital, Nurse, ResilienceAbstract
Resilience is significant for nurses to cope with stress. The resilience of nurses enables them to persist with hard work and adapt to changes that affect intention to stay, while reducing turnover rates. Therefore, it is necessary to foster resilience in nurses. The purpose of this descriptive research was to examine the resilience of nurses in Nakornping Hospital. The participants included 297 nurses who have at least one year of working experience, randomly selected from 17 nursing departments. The research instruments consisted of 1) a personal data form, and 2) the Thai version of the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC-25). The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics.
The results revealed that:
1. The resilience of nurses at Nakornping Hospital, Chiang Mai was at a moderate level (M = 76.79, SD = 11.25).
2. The median resilience score of nurses at Nakornping Hospital, Chiang Mai was 75, with quartile 1, quartile 2, quartile 3, and quartile 4 ranges being 47-70, 71-75, 76-84, and 85-100.
The results of this study can raise awareness for nursing administrators and can be used as information to determine strategies to strengthen the resilience of nurses at Nakornping Hospital.
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