Health care team members are practicing under intense physical, emotional, relational,
and social pressure during the Covid-19 pandemic. This pressure impacts their physical
and mental well-being, and gives rise to questioning, positively and negatively, their
“reason d’être” and level of work engagement. In this unprecedented time, the practice
world has been uprooted, creating serious implications for nurse leaders who work
diligently to develop and sustain an engaged nursing workforce. Learning why nurses
stay engaged despite adverse and difficult circumstances could generate new workforce
development strategies. This article explains how linking passion to professional
role clarity could deepen our understanding of nurse work engagement.
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Biography
Maria W. O’Rourke, PhD, RN, FAAN, is President and CEO at Maria W. O’Rourke & Associates, LLC, in Larkspur, California. She can be reached at [email protected]
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Publication history
Published online: February 10, 2021
Accepted:
November 25,
2020
Received:
October 24,
2020
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