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Relationship Between Resilience, Emergency Response Capacity, and Occupational Stressors of New Nurse During the Re-outbreak of COVID-19 in China

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 November 2024

Zhen Chen ,
Renhua Li ,
Xu Zhao ,
Ziqiong Li ,
Sumei Zhou  and
Kebiao Zhang
Zhen Chen
Affiliation:
Emergency Department, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
Renhua Li
Affiliation:
Infectious Diseases Department, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
Xu Zhao
Affiliation:
Infectious Diseases Department, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
Ziqiong Li
Affiliation:
Infectious Diseases Department, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
Sumei Zhou*
Affiliation:
Department of Nursing, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, People’s Republic of China
Kebiao Zhang
Affiliation:
Emergency Department, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
*
Corresponding author: Sumei Zhou; Email: smzhou0825@163.com
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Abstract

Objectives

The emergency response capacity of nurses is quite important during the COVID-19 epidemic. This study aimed to determine the relationship of resilience with emergency response capacity and occupational stresses during COVID-19 re-outbreak.

Methods

This is a cross-sectional study that involved 241 new nurses. Questionnaires (including demographic characteristics and self-report questionnaires) were sent via QR code and used to conduct an online survey of new nurses. Resilience, emergency response capacity, and occupational stressors were measured using questionnaires.

Results

Mean resilience score was 62.68 ± 14.04, which corresponds to a moderate level. Age, marital status, and work experience were significantly associated with resilience (P = 0.037, P = 0.046, P = 0.011) and emergency response capacity (P = 0.018, P = 0.045, P < 0.000). Total score and 3 dimensions of resilience were positively correlated with emergency response competency questionnaire and 3 dimensions (P < 0.01). Total scores of the nurse job stress scale and patient care dimension were negatively correlated with resilience scores (P < 0.05). Resilience played a partial mediating role in occupational stressors and emergency response capacity, and mediating effect accounted for 45.79% of the total effect.

Conclusions

The nursing superintendent must pay more attention to the resiliency of new nurses to reduce occupational stressors and improve emergency response capacity while helping new nurses cope with COVID-19 re-outbreak.

Keywords

COVID-19new nursesresilienceemergency response capabilitiesoccupational stressors

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Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness , Volume 18 , 2024 , e285
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© The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Inc

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