Investigating the relationship between presentism and resilience of critical care nurses of hospitals affiliated with Tehran University of Medical Sciences

Many employees present at work when they are sick, and it is high among medical professionals. The effect of presentism was confirmed on the well-being of nurses, professional burnout and dissatisfaction. The excessive demand to nurses highlights the need to ensure a resilient workforce. Resilience is considered as a personal capacity that enables nurses to adapt to the demands of the workplace. This study was aimed to investigate critical care nurses presentism and its relationship with their resilience

 This was a descriptive in which 300 critical care nurses was selected randomly and responded to the research questions, including resilience and presentism questionnaires in addition to demographic variables. Data were collected online and the SPSS software was used for analysis.

 The findings showed that half of the nurses were in their fourth decade of life; 87% were women and the majority have a bachelor's degree. The majority believed that the scheduling was not done according to their request. Almost half of had an average level of presentism; and the resilience of the majority was also above average. After removing the effect of confounding variables, there was a relationship between presentism and resilience in the regression model (p<0.001). According to the coefficient of determination, the regression model could predict %91 of variance.

 According to the results of the present study, managers are advised to take steps to improve the quality of care by planning to reduce presentism while increasing the resilience of nurses.