Community Nurses Who Thrive

In Brief Among community health nurses who thrive despite difficult working circumstances, habitual introspection and reflection about job engagement helped them make positive, adaptive adjustments in their working life. A practical implication is the need to educate nurses about the importance of reflection not only over nursing practice but also of habitual introspection and reflection about their job engagement. Nurses in staff development should teach and reinforce the needed skills and habits. In this article, the authors describe how community health nurses in Norway thrive despite difficult working situations and how staff development educators can teach needed skills in reflection on nursing practice and job engagement.