Resilience and Quality of Work Life of Nurses in Tertiary Hospitals, Guizhou Province, the People’s Republic of China
Keywords:
Resilience, Quality of work life, Nurse, Tertiary hospital, The People’s Republic of ChinaAbstract
Resilience has a positive impact on nurses. High resilience can help nurses better deal with stressful situations, produce better quality nursing care, and better balance work and family life. This descriptive correlational study aimed to explore nurses’ resilience and quality of work life, and to investigate the relationships between the two. The participant included 361 nurses working in two tertiary hospitals in Guizhou Province, the People’s Republic of China. Research instruments consisted of the Connor Davidson Resilience scale (CD-RISC) and the Work-Related Quality of Life scale (WRQoL). Cronbach's alpha coefficient was used to test the reliabilities of the two questionnaires, which were 0.88 and 0.95. Data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics, and Spearman’s rank-order correlation test.
The study found that the level of resilience as perceived by nurses was low (M = 64.6, SD = 14.31) while their perceived level of quality of work life was average (M = 80.43, SD = 11.63). Moreover, there was a strong positive association between their resilience and quality of work life (rs = .69, p < .01).
The results of this study suggest that nursing administrators should improve resilience of nurses by implementing proper strategies so that they can have a better quality of work life.
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