Association between Resilience and Professional Commitment among Nurses Working in Intensive Care Units

Nurses who work in intensive care unit (ICU) are confronted with multiple stressful factors. Resilience is one of the most important human abilities that cause effectively adaptation with difficult situations and psychological stresses. This property can help to improve nurses' professional commitment. Therefore, this study was conducted with the aim of association between resilience and professional commitment among nurses working in ICU.

In this descriptive-analytic study, 200 nurses working in ICU in hospitals affiliated to Birjand University of Medical Sciences in South Khorasan province was enrolled with census method in 1397. Resilience questionnaire (CD-RISC) and professional commitment questionnaire (ATS) were used to data collection. Descriptive and inferential statistics (Mann-Whitney, and Kruskal-Wallis) were used for data analysis through SPSS version 16.

Most nurses reported a high rate of profession commitment (76%) and a moderate rate of resilience (70%). Also, there was a positive and significant relationship between resilience and profession commitment (r = 0/22 P=0/001).

Regarding the significant relationship between resilience and professional commitment, it is recommended to put educational strategies for increase resilience in the nursing education program to increase the level of professional commitment in nurses. So, one of the biggest nursing challenges, that is shortage of nursing staff, can be reduced.