<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In recent years, shortage of nurses, high turnover rate, low self-worth, and team instability have become increasingly serious. With the development of positive psychology, more and more nursing managers have begun to attach great importance to the mental health of nurses. Self-esteem, as one of the core indicators of individual mental health, has received extensive attention from researchers in different fields since its inception. This paper reviews and summarizes the research status and development trends of nurses’ self-esteem considering the aspects of self-esteem as a concept, assessment tools, significance, and intervention methods. At the same time, it also puts forward problems that need to be solved by undertaking research into nurses’ self-esteem, in order to provide a reference for further studies on nurses’ self-esteem.</p></abstract>

In recent years, shortage of nurses, high turnover rate, low self-worth, and team instability have become increasingly serious. With the development of positive psychology, more and more nursing managers have begun to attach great importance to the mental health of nurses. Self-esteem, as one of the core indicators of individual mental health, has received extensive attention from researchers in different fields since its inception. This paper reviews and summarizes the research status and development trends of nurses’ self-esteem considering the aspects of self-esteem as a concept, assessment tools, significance, and intervention methods. At the same time, it also puts forward problems that need to be solved by undertaking research into nurses’ self-esteem, in order to provide a reference for further studies on nurses’ self-esteem.

Self-esteem enhancement as a strategy for promoting the mental health and averting the occupational problems of nurses

Frontiers of Nursing

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In recent years, shortage of nurses, high turnover rate, low self-worth, and team instability have become increasingly serious. With the development of...

Self-esteem enhancement as a strategy for promoting the mental health and averting the occupational problems of nurses

Article Category: Review

Published Online: May 20, 2019

Page range: 59 - 65

Received: Mar 02, 2018

Accepted: Jun 10, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2019-0012

Keywords
nurses, self-esteem, mental health, occupational problems, review

© 2019 He et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Self-esteem enhancement as a strategy for promoting the mental health and averting the occupational problems of nurses

Article Category: Review

Published Online: May 20, 2019

Page range: 59 - 65

Received: Mar 02, 2018

Accepted: Jun 10, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2019-0012

Keywordsnurses, self-esteem, mental health, occupational problems, review

© 2019 He et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
nurses, self-esteem, mental health, occupational problems, review