<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><sec><h3>Objectives</h3><p>To explore the resilience experience of new nurses and how new nurses develop and apply resilience strategies to cope with the difficulties during the transition period.</p></sec><sec><h3>Methods</h3><p>A descriptive qualitative research method was on data acquired using data semi-structured interviews with 12 new nurses aged 20–26 years whose working time was more than 12 months but less than 24 months.</p></sec><sec><h3>Results</h3><p>Analysis of the data could determine participants adopting resilience strategies to withstand difficulties and challenges in transition period. This period consisted of three main phases: “self-protection,” “undertaking challenges,” and “planning future.” The first-line nurse managers’ feedback and flexible shift scheduling paid a vital part in promoting the resilience development of new nurses.</p></sec><sec><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Recognizing the importance of understanding and developing the resilience of new nurses in the transition period could greatly reduce the turnover rate and alleviate the shortage of nurses in global nursing workforce.</p></sec></abstract>

ObjectivesTo explore the resilience experience of new nurses and how new nurses develop and apply resilience strategies to cope with the difficulties during the transition period.MethodsA descriptive qualitative research method was on data acquired using data semi-structured interviews with 12 new nurses aged 20–26 years whose working time was more than 12 months but less than 24 months.ResultsAnalysis of the data could determine participants adopting resilience strategies to withstand difficulties and challenges in transition period. This period consisted of three main phases: “self-protection,” “undertaking challenges,” and “planning future.” The first-line nurse managers’ feedback and flexible shift scheduling paid a vital part in promoting the resilience development of new nurses.ConclusionsRecognizing the importance of understanding and developing the resilience of new nurses in the transition period could greatly reduce the turnover rate and alleviate the shortage of nurses in global nursing workforce.

Resilience in new nurses: a qualitative study

Women's Hospital School of Medicine Zhejiang University

Frontiers of Nursing

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

{"article-title":"Resilience in new nurses: a qualitative study"}

ObjectivesTo explore the resilience experience of new nurses and how new nurses develop and apply resilience strategies to cope with the difficulties during...

Number	Questions
1	What did you experience during transition from students to nurses?
2	What is your attitude about the pressures and difficulties in transition period?
3	As a new nurse, how do you overcome the difficulties in transition period?
4	What do you think the most important factors are to facilitate your development?

Items	n
Gender
Male	1
Female	11
Marital status
Married	1
Single	11
Educational level
Junior college	6
Undergraduate	4
Master	2
Type of employment
Contract	10
Permanent	2
Present unit
Medical	3
Surgical	4
Pediatrics	1
ICU	2
ED	2

Resilience in new nurses: a qualitative study

Article Category: Original article

Published Online: Jul 14, 2020

Page range: 161 - 168

Received: Apr 03, 2019

Accepted: Aug 31, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2020-0029

Keywords
new nurses, resilience, transition period, qualitative study, role transformation

© 2020 Lei Lyu et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Semi-structured interview questions

Demographic characteristic of the participants (N = 12)

Resilience in new nurses: a qualitative study

Article Category: Original article

Published Online: Jul 14, 2020

Page range: 161 - 168

Received: Apr 03, 2019

Accepted: Aug 31, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2020-0029

Keywordsnew nurses, resilience, transition period, qualitative study, role transformation

© 2020 Lei Lyu et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Semi-structured interview questions

Demographic characteristic of the participants (N = 12)

Keywords
new nurses, resilience, transition period, qualitative study, role transformation