Nursing is not typically considered a creative job. However, creativity is involved in the decision-making process and some extraordinary situations that require thinking outside of the box. Therefore, such a trait is relevant to the nursing field and although creativity would not determine one’s success in this profession, it would definitely adhere to daily operations (Ma et al., 2018). I have received a final score of 35, which is pretty high creativity. It was not a surprise for me as since I was a kid, I enjoyed being expressive and creative. Now I believe that such qualities help me in my nursing experience as I am able to communicate with patients in a way that encourages them. Unfortunately, my behavior is not always as sincere and positive as I would like it to be, therefore I act, and it definitely requires a creative approach. Finally, I think that the best way to develop one’s creativity is by committing to this quality.
Many nurses that I have worked with do not share the same enthusiasm as I do as a young nurse practitioner. This job is mentally demanding, which results in a high level of stress, burnout, and compassion fatigue. Such things have a negative impact on nurses’ productivity, efficiency, job satisfaction, and creativity. Some factors that lead to compassion fatigue may involve lack of sleep, and secondary traumatic stress, which refers to the empathy expressed towards injured or ill people. Compassion fatigue is associated with nurses’ frustration in experiencing the opposite feeling of compassion satisfaction, which comes from successful helping others (Xie et al., 2021). Not being able to save somebody or, in some cases, face inevitability can be damaging to one’s psyche, which results in distancing defensive mechanisms such as compassion fatigue.
References
Ma, X., Yang, Y., Wang, X., & Zang, Y. (2018). An integrative review: Developing and measuring creativity in nursing. Nurse Education Today, 62, 1-8.
Xie, W., Chen, L., Feng, F., Okoli, C. T., Tang, P., Zeng, L.,… & Wang, J. (2021). The prevalence of compassion satisfaction and compassion fatigue among nurses: A systematic review and meta-analysis. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 120, 103973.