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Caring as a resilient practice in mental health nursing
Author(s) -
Warelow Philip,
Edward Karenleigh
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
international journal of mental health nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.911
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1447-0349
pISSN - 1445-8330
DOI - 10.1111/j.1447-0349.2007.00456.x
Subject(s) - mental health , workforce , psychological resilience , mental health nursing , nursing , psychology , emotional intelligence , resilience (materials science) , order (exchange) , medicine , social psychology , psychotherapist , political science , business , physics , finance , law , thermodynamics
This paper will develop a discussion about caring as a modern mental health nurse. We argue that the demands of mental health nursing today extend beyond the more traditional skills of care and caring. We believe that in order to meet mental health needs in the 21st century that caring should be extended to encompass the additional expertise of emotional intelligence and resilience. Emotional intelligence, resilience, and resilient behaviours have the potential to assist individuals to transcend negative experiences and transform these experiences into positive self‐enhancing ones. This has implications for improved consumer outcomes through role‐modelling and educational processes, but also may hold implications in supporting a strong workforce in mental health.