Humor as a Source of Resilience
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The bottom line from all this research on humor and stress is that your sense of humor is now clearly established as a source of personal resilience in your life. Numerous studies specifically studying resilience have now documented humor's contribution to this personal strength.94 As a nurse struggling to remain effective and provide quality care in the midst of mounting demands on your time and energy, you need all the personal resilience you can muster. You need skills that help you take control of your emotional state on the tough days, assuring that you remain in the positive, upbeat frame of mind needed to meet the challenge of the moment. Humor is clearly one skill that many nurses have come to rely on in this respect. An old American Express credit card commercial ended with the phrase, "Don't leave home without it." I think the same can be said about your sense of humor if you are a nurse.
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