This study was performed to investigated of characteristics of male diploma nursing students, Data were collected by means of a mailed questionnaire. The sample included 29 respondents from 3 diploma nursing colleges during the period of Nov. ist-l5th, 1978. Major findings included. 1) Motive by which the objects of this investigation have chosen the science of nursing. Twenty-one (72.4%) responded, "As nursing occupation is a public welfare work," the highest rate, eighteen (62.3%) chose on advices of their parents and acquaintances. Seventeen (58.6%) reflected as a means of life with an occupation in hope of employment abroad. 2) Appreciation of nursing occupation. Twenty-two (75.9%) of opinions that the nursing job is called for by society was pre-dominent. While eighteen (62.1%) replied, "It is the job fit for the male sex, too." "It is admitted as specialized occupation.", or "It needs various human relation." 3) Degree of satisfaction with the science of nursing. Fifteen (51.7%) responded neither satisfied nor dissatisfied, while eight (27.6%) indicated as "satisfied," and four (13.8%) as "dissatisfied." 4) Degree of satisfaction with the faculty. Sixteen (55.2%) replied, "common," the highest, while ten (34.5%) indicated as "dissatisfied," two (6.9%) as "satisfied." The reason for dissatisfaction with the faculty; The responses regarding dissatisfaction was twenty- three (79.3%) as insufficiency of the faculty. Thirteen (44.8%) indicated" the lack of personal cultivation of the faculty.", And eleven (37.9%) indicated as "the quantitive shortage of the faculty," or "the vagueness of learning estimation." 5) Degree of satisfaction with the clinical training. Eight (27.6%) responded as "common," or "dissatisfied," while seven (24.1%) indicated as "satisfied." Reason for dissatisfaction with the training; Twenty (69.0%) indicated "deficiency of personal treatment to the students of the men of business in the hospital" with respect to the reason, eighteen (62.1%) was indicated as gap between theory and practice, while eleven (37.9%) indicated "insufficiency of the equipment and materials of the hospital." 6) Interest in employment after graduation Twenty-five (86.2%) indicated "going abroad" while fifteen (51.7%) indicated "education of nursing," which were the highest responses. Thirteen (44.8%) chose "Community Health Nursing (Health Center, Industrial Health)." 7) Interest in employment during clinical nursing. Sixteen (55.2%) was interested in an operating room or the department of anesthesia, while fifteen (51.7%) was indicated "psychiatry." Eight (27.6%) chose a intensive care unit or a emergency room.

The Resilience is described as the personal capacity which brings psychosocial comeback. The role of nursing is to do its best to rehabilitate patients and to explore the individual in order to promote patients psychosocial change. However, as the current nursing is heavily physical nursing oriented, the identity of the nursing would be lost. Therefore this researcher reviewed if the concept of resilience can be applied to the nursing after examining the concept of resilience by Documents and Fieldwork. The methodology of this research is Hybrid Model developed by Schwartz-Bracott and Kim for the concept development and analysis. The process and procedure consist of The Theoretical Phase, The Fieldwork Phase and The Final Analytical Phase in accordance with the Hybrid Model. The followings the summary of the Research. 1. The Concept of Resilience Finally Analyzed by Documents and Fieldwork. (1) The Redefinition of Resilience. The resilience is the latent psychological capacity which minimize the negative emotion and promote the adaptation under adversity. Resilience appears as cognitive, emotional and behavioral response in the course of changing from negative response to positive response through the interaction of the individual and the environments in a given time. Resilience changes and decreases according to time and situation and it can be nurtured. Resilience is the higher concept including hardiness, sense of coherence and self-strength which maintain the health under stress. (2) The Attribute of Resilience. The attribute of resilience was divided into psychological and social dimension. In psychological attributes, there are admission of reality of situation, denial of negative emotion, desire to live, responsibility, confidence, courage, hope, pursuit of positive meaning, identification and pursuit of goal, self-esteem, reception, spontaneity, planning, positiveness, will power, flexibility and creativity. In social attributes, there are a sense of belonging, perception of social support and active social relations. (3) The Process of Resilience. There are 4 resilience phases which were the process minimizing the possibility of the negative chain reactions under adversity, the process minimizing the negative emotion, under adversity, the process gaining the desire to live and the process exposing the active social relations. 2. The Application Possibility of Resilience Concept to Nursing. The resilience concept is the psychosoical capacity with which an individual manages adversity. As many nursing scientists have developed nursing theory based on this capacity and the identification of nursing has been established in this field, resilience is not the new conception in nursing. However, since resilience appears in the attributes related with the resilience process concretely, it would help a lot when nurses execute psychosocial nursing.