Your mental well-being: why should struggling in your job be seen as a sign of weakness?
As nurses, we often put ourselves last, yet still ‘resilience’ is a stick to beat us with
23 Jan 2024
Resilience
Nursing has never been easy but rising demand and staffing shortages have put many more nurses under pressure and stretched some to breaking point. With the increase in stress has come a renewed interest in resilience.
In this collection of articles, we look at what employers can and should be doing to reduce the pressure on staff and boost resilience. We also look at what individual nurses can do to help themselves. But the overarching message is clear: a focus on resilience should never be about asking individuals to cope with unbearable pressure.
Let us know what you think – your ideas are welcome.
Nursing in 2023: a cartoonist’s take on the year, with a little help from our readers
Look back at topics that got you talking, including cost of living, uniforms and overtime
15 Dec 2023
Protect your well-being: how to stay calm when the world feels chaotic
Ways to maintain your focus and balance in the face of relentless grim news
14 Nov 2023
Climbing Everest no different to being a nurse – QNI conference
Mountaineer Kenton Cool drew parallels during talk on resilience on World Mental Health Day
11 Oct 2022
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Fitness to practise: why nurses shouldn’t be fearful of the NMC
Nursing and Midwifery Council chief Andrea Sutcliffe on treating all staff equally
06 Jul 2022
Wales earmarks £18 million for more nurse training places
Funding will enable increase in 2022-23 adult and mental health nurse training numbers
06 Dec 2021
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Sick of ‘resilience’? How to embrace being human – not superhuman
Chiara Dall’Ora explains why she refuses to teach resilience to nursing students
24 Nov 2021
Resilience: what it is – and what it isn’t
The term is controversial, but developing the skills can aid recovery from stress
03 Aug 2021
Understanding and mitigating moral injury in nurses
A discussion of the manifestations of moral injury and its associated risk factors
22 Jul 2021
Nurse burnout: why the term ‘resilience’ may do more harm than good
The ‘supernurse’ culture puts too much responsibility on staff
16 Jun 2021
Older people’s nurses and mental health: strategies to cope and support colleagues
The pandemic has been tough, but there are ways to help maintain well-being
08 Mar 2021
Strategies to avoid feeling overwhelmed by pressure at work
Learn how to adopt whatever emergency coping strategies suit you best
28 Jan 2021
I was diagnosed with depression caused by stress and compassion fatigue
Nurse Aly Foyle appeared to have it all, but then she started to fear going to work
11 Oct 2019
Want to quit your job? Here’s how the NHS is trying to change your mind
Retention programme has 800 success stories so far, but can it make a real difference?
27 Aug 2019
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Tell us about your well-being at work – and what can be done to improve it
Our Nursing Standard survey will be used to influence policymakers
29 Jul 2019
Demands to show ‘resilience’ put greater pressure on nurses, congress told
Nurses struggling to cope in stressful workplaces are pressured by demands to show resilience
23 May 2019
Developing resilience and self-efficacy in parents of children with complex health needs
The effectiveness of an intervention to engage parents in guided support with nurses
10 May 2019
Nurses shouldering informal carer duties need your support, charity tells NHS
One in five health service workers in England faces carer responsibilities at home
30 Apr 2019