Resilience in inpatient palliative care nursing: a qualitative systematic review

BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care
Martin J PowellSabir Giga

Abstract

Nurses in inpatient palliative care are frequently exposed to death and dying in addition to common stressors found in other nursing practice. Resilience may mitigate against stress but remains ill-defined and under-researched in the specialist palliative care setting. The aim of this systematic review was to understand resilience from the perspectives of inpatient palliative care nurses. A thematic synthesis of qualitative studies was conducted according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines. Academic Search Ultimate, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Medline Complete, PsycINFO and Scopus. The review stages were searching for relevant literature, selecting relevant papers, data extraction, critical appraisal and thematic synthesis. Eight studies revealed 10 subthemes, 3 descriptive themes and 1 analytical theme: resilience occurs when nurses incorporate stressful aspects of their personal or professional lives into a coherent narrative that enhances their ability to cope with the demands of their role. Palliative care nursing is more stressful if patients or situations remind nurses of personal experiences. Nurses cope better with adequate support; however,...Continue Reading

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