Introduction:

Resilience is currently a topic worth studying in daily life for cases of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Objective: To identify the level of resilience of the clients after transplant and to analyze the risk and the protective factors present in the day-to-day post-transplant. Methods: Qualitative study conducted on 15 clients in the post-transplant of a bone marrow transplant unit of a university hospital in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Data were collected between July and August 2011, through the Resilience Scale and a semi-structured interview. Results: Clients showed moderate resilience, and the thematic analysis of the interviews showed three subunits: treatment that makes people sick and lose power, internal and external supports (strengthening of survival strategies), and overcoming as a process. Conclusion: Clients were in a recovery process, as they still experienced the difficulties resulting from treatment, which requires adequate managing strategies. Through the assumptions of the capacity for recovery, they were allowed dealing with such movements present in this universe, as well as promoting the need for new research on the subject.

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