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- Title
- What characteristics are keeping nurses flourishing in difficult environments: An appreciative inquiry study
- Contributor
- Laura Del Rio Torres (author), Landa Terblanche (thesis supervisor), Sheryl Reimer-Kirkham (second reader), Faith Richardson (third reader), Trinity Western University SGS (Degree granting institution)
- Discipline/Stream
- Nursing
- Abstract
- Many studies document the adversities facing nurses today. However, little research examines resiliency among nurses and their ability to flourish amidst these adversities. Using a qualitative method, this thesis aimed to address this gap by examining life-giving factors that allow nurses to be resilient and flourish in unhealthy environments. Using appreciative inquiry methodology, nine nurses working in British Columbia were interviewed. These interviews focused on their positive perspectives and experiences to identify life-giving factors influencing resiliency. Six themes were identified in the development of resiliency: personal life; a sense of purpose/calling; intrinsic characteristics; education and career opportunity; workplace culture, and reflection and self awareness. Resiliency can exist even if all six themes are not present; however, in order to flourish all six themes must be in a healthy state. This thesis provides practical wisdom that can be applied to all areas of nursing in order to promote resiliency and flourishing.
- Publication Year
- 2019
- Title
- Women's Experiences of Healing After Sex Trafficking in Canada
- Contributor
- Amy C Kobelt (author), Janelle Kwee (thesis supervisor), Jennifer Mervyn (second reader), Barbara Astle (external examiner), Trinity Western University SGS (Degree granting institution)
- Discipline/Stream
- Counselling Psychology
- Abstract
- In Canada sex trafficking is a hidden crime that impacts women of every race and socioeconomic status, though Indigenous women are disproportionately represented as victims. This study provided a platform to listen to seven female survivors’ experiences of healing, strength and resiliency after they were freed from exploitation in Canada to counteract victim’s experiences of oppression and silencing. The qualitative feminist method of the listening guide was utilized to provide victim-informed research driven by participant’s narratives. Two categories of voices emerged in participants’ narratives: voices of resistance and voices of healing. The voices of resistance (oppression, dismissal, avoidance, confusion, and disconnection), spoke about obstacles and barriers in healing, while voices of healing (connection, knowing, compassion, resilience, advocacy, agency, and purpose), captured women’s stories of healing. Survivors were found to experience healing through connection with themselves and others, mastery of new skills, regaining their autonomy, finding purpose, and sharing their stories.
- Publication Year
- 2019