Effects of the Resilience of Nurses in Long-Term Care Hospitals during on Job Stress COVID-19 Pandemic: Mediating Effects of Nursing Professionalism

Source avec lien : International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(19). 10.3390/ijerph181910327

L’objectif de cette étude était d’examiner le professionnalisme infirmier en tant que facteur médiateur dans la relation entre la résilience et les niveaux de stress au travail pour les infirmières travaillant dans des hôpitaux de soins de longue durée pendant la pandémie de COVID-19. Les résultats ont montré que les caractéristiques individuelles et professionnelles pouvaient entraîner des différences dans la résilience des infirmières, les niveaux de stress au travail et le professionnalisme infirmier. Le professionnalisme infirmier a eu un effet médiateur significatif sur la relation entre la résilience et les niveaux de stress au travail.

Purpose: To investigate nursing professionalism as a mediating factor in the relationship between resilience and job stress levels for nurses working in long-term care hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted from January to March 2021 in seven long-term care hospitals in the Seoul metropolitan area to measure resilience, nursing professionalism, and job stress among nurses. Simple and multiple regression analyses along with the Sobel test were performed to verify the mediating effect of nursing professionalism. Results: Data from 200 nurses were included in the final analysis. Results showed that individual and occupational characteristics could lead to differences in nurses’ resilience, job stress levels, and nursing professionalism. Nursing professionalism had a significant mediating effect on the relationship between resilience and job stress levels. The effect of resilience on job stress levels was significant (β = −0.16, p = 0.024). After controlling for nursing professionalism, the effect declined and was not statistically significant (β = −0.09, p = 0.251). Conclusion: There is a need to increase individual resilience and nursing professionalism through intervention programs and policy proposals to manage job stress among long-term care hospital nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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