ISSN: 2782-893X
eISSN: 2799-0664
ISSN: 2782- 893X
— Nursing is one of the most respected yet challenging professions. It is a profession of integrity and compassion, providing the largest and most diverse services in all aspects of health services. The working conditions wherein nurses dispense patient care service expose them to critical conditions of patients, over-exposure to unpleasant environment, stressful emergencies, alongside rushed, extended shifts, and continuously widening scope of workloads that test their resilience, leading to prevalence cases of mental health problems among them and threatening the quality of patient care they provide. This study described the mental health and wellness support mechanisms for nurses at Victoriano Luna Medical Center. Quantitative-descriptive research design was applied in the study using survey questionnaire administered to the 155 military and civilian nurses rendering active duty in the different wards of Victoriano Luna Medical Center. Findings revealed that VLMC provided more cognitive support to nurses for their mental health as manifested in the regular conduct of education and training that help the nurses become knowledgeable on current health trends, thus, allowing them to cope with the challenges of the changing healthcare landscape. Also, the nurses were provided with more physical wellness support particularly the provision of areas that encourage physical activities and sports engagement. Additionally, it was found that most of the challenges encountered by the nurses in the performance of their duties were on shortage of Wardman or institutional workers who can perform tasks that would allow nurses to focus directly or concentrate on caring for patients. Finally, it was recommended that the VLMC management must create a policy prioritizing the enhancement of resilience among nurses, engage the nurses in workshops that facilitate social coping strategies to overcome stress, initiate programs that provide opportunities for advanced counselling sessions, adjusting the nurses’ workload for leisure and relaxation to be doable, initiate reforms on mental health and wellness programs, focusing on a more systematic and responsive system of evaluation to identify nurses needing priority interventions, organizing and fostering self-care, conducting reflection activities, inculcating positivism, and organizing focus groups to address issues on benefits and to develop a strategic plan that will ensure sustainability of resilience-building mechanisms for nurses.