Korean J Rehabil Nurs.  2019 Jun;22(1):27-37. 10.7587/kjrehn.2019.27.

Impact of Traumatic Events and Resilience on the Professional Quality of Life among Clinical Nurses

• Yoo DB
• Park HJ
• Kim PJ

• KMID: 2457664
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.7587/kjrehn.2019.27

Abstract

PURPOSE
This study was to determine the impacts of traumatic events and resilience on the professional quality of life (ProQoL) among clinical nurses.
METHODS
In this cross-sectional correlational descriptive study, 325 nurses completed questionnaires of traumatic events, resilience, and ProQoL consisted of compassion satisfaction (CS) and compassion fatigue (CF). Data were analyzed by Spearman correlation analysis and hierarchical regression.
RESULTS
Traumatic events positively correlated with CF. Resilience positively correlated with CS and negatively correlated with CF. In this study, multivariate analysis showed that traumatic events and resilience explained 24% of the variance in CS and 7% of the variance in CF.
CONCLUSION
A nursing education to enhance resilience and recognition of CS and CF from stressful work-related traumatic events may benefit to improve the professional quality of life for clinical nurses.

Keyword

Traumatic; Resilience; Quality of life; Nurses

MeSH Terms

Compassion Fatigue
Education, Nursing
Empathy
Multivariate Analysis
Quality of Life*