| The general problem is that chronic diseases (i.e. heart disease, diabetes, and stroke) and unintentional injuries are the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in the U.S. and linked to behavioral risk factors. The specific problem is that even with their knowledge about the benefits of engaging in health promoting behaviors, many nurse practitioners (NPs) are not able to perform health promoting behaviors due to their daily workloads and demands outside of the work environment. The purposes of this descriptive correlational study were to identify and describe: 1) the relationship between the overall personal health promoting behavior, as operationalized by the score on the HPLP II, and perceived level of resiliency, as operationalized by the score on the RS, of NPs licensed in Texas; and 2) the relationship between the six individual health promoting behavior scores, as operationalized on the HPLP II, and perceived level of resiliency, as operationalized by the score on the RS, of NPs licensed in Texas. Pender's Health Promotion Model guided this descriptive correlational study involving a convenient sample of NPs licensed in Texas. The Health Promotion Lifestyle II (HPLP II) measured health promoting behaviors. The Resiliency Scale (RS) measured perceived levels of resiliency. The data were analyzed using the SPSS software to perform descriptive and correlation analysis. The null hypothesis was rejected and it was concluded that a statistically significant, positive correlation exists between health promoting behaviors and perceived levels of resiliency. |
