J Korean Acad Nurs Adm.  2020 Dec;26(5):533-541. 10.11111/jkana.2020.26.5.533.

Effect of the Professional Quality of Life on Verbal Abuse Experience among Emergency Nurses: Mediating Effect of Job Stress

• Lee KJ
• Kim HY

• KMID: 2512230
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.11111/jkana.2020.26.5.533

Abstract

Purpose
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between verbal abuse, professional quality of life, and job stress among emergency nurses and to identify the mediating effect of job stress on professional quality of life.
Methods
The participants were 121 emergency nurses working in general hospitals. The data were collected from December 1st, 2017 to February 1st, 2018. Collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson correlation, and three-step mediated regression analysis.
Results
As a result of correlation analysis, verbal abuse job stress had significant negative correlations with the professional quality of life, whereas verbal abuse experience had a positive correlation with job stress. Job stress showed significant effects on verbal abuse experience and the professional quality of life, with the explanatory powers being 43% and 29%, respectively, indicating partial mediator effects in the relationship between the three variables.
Conclusion
Verbal abuse experience and job stress in emergency nurses could reduce the professional quality of life, and their relationship by manifested partial mediating effects. Therefore it is necessary to decrease verbal abuse experience and job stress to further improve the professional quality of life in emergency nurses.

Keyword

Emergency; Nurses; Quality of life; Job stress