Korean nurses’ ethical dilemmas, professional values and professional quality of life

2014 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 467-478 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyunghee Kim ◽  
Yonghee Han ◽  
Ji-su Kim
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Ethical Dilemmas ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Professional Values ◽  
Professional Quality Of Life ◽  
Clinical Nurses ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Professional Quality ◽  
Nursing Services

Background: In the changing medical environment, professional stress continuously increases as the individual’s quality of life suffers. Of all the healthcare professions, nursing is especially prone to burnout, compassion fatigue and reduced compassion satisfaction, due to the tensions resulting from the physical and psychological stress of caring for extremely ill patients. Objectives: This study examined the professional quality of life of clinical nurses in Korea and the relationship between their experiences in ethical dilemmas and professional values. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study of a convenience sample consisting of 488 clinical nurses. We used four questionnaires to measure the participants’ demographic characteristics, experiences in ethical dilemmas, professional nursing values and professional quality of life (ProQOL assessment, Version 5). Ethical considerations: This study received approval from the Institutional Review Board of Bronco Memorial Hospital. Written informed consent was given by all participants. Results: The nurses’ professional quality of life was affected by ethical dilemmas and professional nursing values. The factors influencing compassion satisfaction were age, client domain of ethical dilemmas, social awareness, professionalism of nursing and the roles of nursing services in professional values. The factors influencing burnout were marital status (married), religion (yes), human life domain, professional work domain of ethical dilemmas, social awareness and the role of nursing services in nursing professional values. The factors influencing secondary traumatic stress were human life domain, client domain and the professional work domain of ethical dilemmas. Conclusion: Intervention to help nurses increase their professional quality of life will have a greater chance of success if they are based on the nurses’ values and beliefs about the ethical dilemmas they face and foster the establishment of positive professional values.

Associations of professional quality of life and social support with health in clinical nurses

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 172-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chia-Yun Fu ◽  
Mei-Sang Yang ◽  
Wan Leung ◽  
Yea-Ying Liu ◽  
Hui-Wen Huang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Social Support ◽  
Professional Quality Of Life ◽  
Clinical Nurses ◽  
Professional Quality

scholarly journals The role of nurses' professional values during the COVID-19 crisis

2021 ◽  
pp. 096973302110342
Author(s):  
David González-Pando ◽  
Covadonga González-Nuevo ◽  
Ana González-Menéndez ◽  
Fernando Alonso-Pérez ◽  
Marcelino Cuesta
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Negative Correlation ◽  
Compassion Satisfaction ◽  
Professional Values ◽  
Professional Quality Of Life ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Professional Quality

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has produced high stress in nurses, affecting their professional quality of life. Different variables affect psychological stress response and professional quality of life. In this context, the role of professional values represents an interesting object of research. Objectives: To analyze the relationship between professional values, perceived stress, and professional quality of life among nurses during the COVID-19 crisis. Research design, participants, and research context: Descriptive cross-sectional study. Participants were 439 registered nurses from the public health system. Perceived stress, professional quality of life, and professional values were evaluated by using measuring instruments adapted and validated in the geographic context of research. Data were collected online in December 2020 during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain. Ethical considerations: This study was approved by the Ethics Committee on Clinical Research of the Principality of Asturias. Findings: Within professional values, ethics obtained higher scores showing the primacy of ethical values among nurses. Moderate correlations between ethics, mastery, expertise, and compassion satisfaction were found. Frontline nurses informed high perceived stress. The correlations between professional values and compassion satisfaction were higher in non-frontline nurses. A moderate negative correlation between perceived stress and compassion satisfaction was found in both groups, which implies that the higher the stress, the lower the satisfaction in the helping relationship. Conclusion: Professional values positively influence compassion satisfaction during the COVID-19 pandemic. Compassion satisfaction presents a negative correlation with fatigue compassion and burnout in frontline and non-frontline nurses. Given the functionality of values both to guide clinical practice professionally and ethically, and prevent dissatisfaction with one’s professional quality of life by reinforcing compassion satisfaction, it is necessary to reinforce them with an intensive and cross-sectional learning during the university training.

scholarly journals Professional quality of life and caring behaviours among clinical nurses during the COVID‐19 pandemic

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ergie Pepito Inocian ◽  
Jonas Preposi Cruz ◽  
Abdualrahman Alshehry ◽  
Yousef Alshamlani ◽  
Ejay Hatulan Ignacio ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Professional Quality Of Life ◽  
Clinical Nurses ◽  
Professional Quality
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