Gender as a sensor of nurses’ depression, compassion fatigue and resilience

Nurses' male gender showed dominance in depression and compassion fatigue over nurses' female gender. Resilience capabilities were generally the same between the two genders. Nevertheless, for both genders, compassion fatigue and depression risks were high and resilience scores were low. The negative relationship between depression and resilience suggests that health authorities should promote nurses' mental health to increase resilience capacities. Adopting gender-sensitive approaches in research and clinical practice in nurses' mental health is increasingly recommended with special cultural and contextual considerations.