Engagement and Coping Toward Resiliency: The Harmonizing Matrix between Student Nurses’ Engagement, Successful Nurses’ Coping, and Experienced Nurses’ Resiliency

Students are excited and committed to learning nursing practice and becoming a nurse. This article reflects on the contributions and complications of nursing student engagement. It then describes the complexity involved in coping, as nursing is a complex, emotional, and importantly, a caring profession. Subsequently, resiliency is elaborated upon as it relates to its development within nursing. Resiliency is the key to maintaining caring nurses and quality care within the challenging healthcare environment.