Conceptual model for intensive care nurse work well-being: A qualitative secondary analysis

Abstract

Background: There had been little focus on the well-being of intensive care nurses until a recent programme of research found work well-being to be best described as a collection of elements, a multifaceted construct. Strengtheners of intensive care nurses' work well-being were found to extend across individual, relational, and organizational resources. Actions such as simplifying their lives, giving and receiving team support, and accessing employee assistance programmes were just a few of the intensive care nurses' identified strengtheners. Aims and objectives: To synthesize intensive care nurse perceptions of work well-being characteristics and strengtheners to identify opportunities for ..