Abstract: Objective: To understand the experiences and needs of clinical nurses after participating in the micro-habit training camp. Methods: Purposive sampling method was used to select 12 clinical nurses from different departments of a tertiary grade A hospital in Shanghai who participated in the micro-habit training camp from June to December 2022. Semi-structured in-depth interview was performed. The data were coded and classified using NVivo14 software and analyzed using Colaizzi seven-step analysis methods. Results: The experiences of clinical nurses' micro-habit training extracted three themes: the psychological experience of negative emotion relief and adaptability change; the experience of work ability enhancement and confidence building; the needs and suggestions for training camp arrangements. Conclusion: As an opportunity to know oneself, the micro-habit training camp improves participants' mental resilience by enhancing self-efficacy, as well as leads participants to grow together by building a platform. Habit formation is not easy. Nursing managers should pay more attention to the exploration of internal motivation of nursing staff and provide more comprehensive external support when conducting micro-habit training camps in the future.

Key words: clinical nurse; micro-habit; qualitative study; resilience; growth