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. 2022 Feb 15;21:44. doi: 10.1186/s12912-022-00819-z

Correction to: Exploring nurse perceptions and experiences of resilience: a meta-synthesis study

Eun Young Kim 1, Sung Ok Chang 2,
PMCID: PMC8845287  PMID: 35168612

Correction to: BMC Nurs (2022) 21:26

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-021-00803-z

Following publication of the original article [1], the authors reported a typesetting error in Table 1, the content was mismatched in Article No. A8.

Table 1.

Summary of the included studies

Article. No. Author, year/Country Research type Aims Sample size
(F:M)
Age of participants (in years) Nursing experience (years) Working department Data collection Data analysis Percentage that meets CASP
A1 Mealer et al., 2012/USA Qualitative study To identify mechanisms employed by highly resilient ICU nurses to develop preventative therapies to obviate the development of PTSD in ICU nurses 27, (27:0) mean : 46 Total: mean18.5 Intensive Care Unit Semi-structured telephone interviews Thematic analysis 80%
A2 Shimoinaba et al., 2015/Japan Qualitative study To explore the nature of nurses’ resilience and the way it is developed 18, (18:0)

29-53

mean : 37.8

Total :7-26

In this department : 2-8, mean37.8

Palliative Care Unit Face to face in-depth interviews Grounded theory 80%
A3 Cope et al., 2016/Australia Qualitative portraiture methodology

To explore residential aged care nurses working in interim, rehabilitation and residential

aged care perceptions of resilience

3,(not reported), 32-57 Total :mean28 An aged care environment

Semi-structured interviews

painting with words

Thematic analysis 70%
A4 Cope et al., 2016(2) /Australia Qualitative portraiture methodology To explore why nurses chose to remain in the Western Australian workforce; to develop insights into the role of resilience of nurses to manage the context of nursing work; and, to identify the key characteristics of resilience displayed by those nurses 9,(not reported) Not reported Not reported Interim and residential aged care, academic setting, tertiary acute care setting

Individual interviews, field notes,

memos and gesture drawings interviews

Phenomenology 70%
A5 Tubbert, 2016/USA Qualitative study

To explore the resiliency

characteristics of certified emergency nurses

16

(68.8%:31.2%)

Mean :50

Total :30

In this department : 20

Emergency department Face to face interview Content analysis 80%
A6 Benade et al., 2017/South Africa Explorative descriptive qualitative research

To explore and describe the strengths and coping abilities of

nurses caring for older persons and to formulate recommendations to strengthen their

resilience

43 (43:0) Not reported

Total : not reported

In this department : <6month :2

1year<5years : 5

5years<10years : 4

>10years: 27

Aged care department in an urban environment Focus group interview Content analysis 70%
A7 Marie et al., 2017/UK Interpretive qualitative design To observe and describe the environment within community mental health workplaces, to explore the challenges facing Palestinian community mental health nurses (CMHNs) inside and outside their workplaces, and to examine their sources of resilience 15 (8:7) 24-60 Not reported Mental health workplace Face-to-face in depth interviews Thematic analysis 80%
A8 Prosser et al., 2017/Canada Interpretative phenomenological method

To understand how registered nurses

in the acute psychiatric setting develop resilience to sustain his or her practice.

4(not reported) Not reported

Total : 2-21

In this department : 2-16

Acute psychiatric units Semi-structured face-to- face interview Interpretative phenomenological analysis. 90%
A9 Wahab et al., 2017/Singapore descriptive qualitative design using Photovoice To explore the new graduate nurses’ accounts of resilience and the facilitating and impeding factors in building their resilience 9(6:3) Mean : 24

Total: mean 1

In this department : not reported

Oncology, General Medicine, General Surgery, Psychiatry and Paediatric wards Focus group interview, photographs Content analysis 80%
A10 Imani et al., 2018/Iran Phenomenology study To explore Iranian hospital nurses’ lived experiences of intelligent resilience 10 (4:6) 34-52

Total : 11-28

In this department : not reported

Different types of wards In-depth interview The Colaizzi’s (1978) seven-step approach 70%
A11 Jackson et al., 2018/UK Grounded theory To better understand nurse burnout and resilience in response to workplace adversity in critical care 11(11:0),

20s:5,

30s:3,

40s:1,

50s:2

Total :4-36

In this department : not reported

Intensive care unit Open-ended interviews Grounded theory 90%
A12 Ramalisa et al., 2018/ South Africa Empirical qualitative research To explore and describe how to strengthen the resilience of nurses in a work environment with involuntary mental health care users. 24(not reported) Not reported

Total :2-8

In this department : not reported

Psychiatric ward Open-ended interview Thematic analysis 80%
A13 Ang et al, 2019/Singapore Qualitative grounded theory design To generate a comprehensive account of the experiences of nurses as they cope with stress and demands of work, and to develop knowledge of the phenomenon of resilience among nurses. 15(15:3),

24-68

mean:38

Not reported General hospital Individual interviews Glaserian constant comparison method 80%
A14 Ang et al., 2019(2)/ Singapore Photovoice study To explore the meaning of resilience to nurses and their perceived resilience enhancing factors 8(7:1) 27-68 Not reported Accident and emergency department Focus group interview , photo Content analysis 80%
A15 Lin et al, 2019/Taiwan Construction-grounded theory To explore and understand the experiences of resilience among nurses in an overcrowded emergency department (ED) 13(13:0) 23-39

Total : not reported

In this department : 2-17

Emergency department In-depth interview Construction-grounded theory 90%
A16 Udod et al, 2021/Canada Qualitative study To investigate the role stressors, and how coping strategies cultivated nurse managers’ resilience in rural workplaces. 16(15:1)

30s : 5

40s:9

Over 60:2

Total : mean4.6, 10-35

In this department : mean 7.28, 1-17

Rural site in western Canada Individual semi-structured interview Thematic analysis 80%

F female, M male, CASP Critical Appraisal Skills Programme checklist

The correct Table 1 has been provided in this Correction.

The original article [1] has been updated.

Reference

  • 1.Kim EY, Chang SO. Exploring nurse perceptions and experiences of resilience: a meta-synthesis study. BMC Nurs. 2022;21:26. doi: 10.1186/s12912-021-00803-z. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

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