Concepts of courage and resilience in nursing: A proposed conceptual model.

To overcome the challenges of delivering patient care in the twenty-first century, it is essential to foster the professional and personal qualities of courage and resilience in the nursing workforce. The logical place to do so is in nursing education and training. This paper discusses the constructs of courage and resilience in nursing and the application of the constructs in nursing education.

Walking for Heart Health: A Study of Adult Women in Rural New York.

Purpose: The study was undertaken to partially address the number one priority for Delaware County for 2013-2017: reducing chronic illness including heart disease and obesity (Delaware County Public Health, 2013). Thus, the purpose was to examine the effects of a 10-week walking program on outcomes, such as blood pressure (BP), total cholesterol (TC), high-density lipoprotein (HDL) levels, body mass index (BMI), 10-year cardiovascular risk, and results of a 6-minute walk test, for adult women in a rural community in New York.

Methods: A quasi-experimental study conducted 8 paired t tests of pre- and postdata using Bonferroni correction for multiple t tests.