LAUSR.org creates dashboard-style pages of related content for over 1.5 million academic articles. Sign Up to like articles & get recommendations!

Professional quality of life in nurses on the frontline against COVID-19.

Photo by homajob from unsplash

AIMS This study aimed to investigate professional quality of life (ProQOL) in nurses who were fighting against COVID-19 in Wuhan, and its related factors. BACKGROUND COVID-19 epidemic is a major… Click to show full abstract

AIMS This study aimed to investigate professional quality of life (ProQOL) in nurses who were fighting against COVID-19 in Wuhan, and its related factors. BACKGROUND COVID-19 epidemic is a major threat to public health. Frontline nurses have engaged in infection prevention and control, isolation, containment, and public health. However, available data on ProQOL in these nurses are limited. METHODS From March 15 to March 21, 2020, the Chinese version of ProQOL was utilized to survey a total of 102 nurses through an electronic questionnaire. The stepwise regression analysis was performed to determine which factors (e.g., demographic and work-related factors) were related to ProQOL. RESULTS The scores of compassion satisfaction (CS), burnout (BO) and secondary traumatic stress (STS) were 38.09±5.22, 21.77±4.92 and 20.75±6.27, respectively. The STS and CS scores were higher than the critical value. None of the nurses reported a low level of CS or a high level of BO and STS. Nurses' ProQOL was related to working hours, workload, job satisfaction, and salary satisfaction. CONCLUSIONS Nurses who were fighting against COVID-19 had better CS and BO, while STS was relatively worse. Nurses who worked for long hours had more severe STS. BO of nurses with heavy workload and dissatisfaction with their salary was more severe. Nurses who were unsatisfied with their job had poor CS. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING MANAGEMENT It is believed that these results may help nurse managers to improve ProQOL of nurses who were fighting against COVID-19 by minimizing working hours, reducing workload, and improving job satisfaction and rewards.

Keywords: professional quality; satisfaction; quality life; proqol

Journal Title: Journal of nursing management
Year Published: 2022

Link to full text (if available)


Share on Social Media:                               Sign Up to like & get
recommendations!

Related content

More Information              News              Social Media              Video              Recommended



                Click one of the above tabs to view related content.