Professional quality of life and psychological resilience among psychiatric nurses

Author(s):  
Ozge Sukut ◽  
Gizem Sahin‐Bayindir ◽  
C. Hurrem Ayhan‐Balik ◽  
Esra Albal

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Desley G. Hegney ◽  
Clare S. Rees ◽  
Robert Eley ◽  
Rebecca Osseiran-Moisson ◽  
Karen Francis


2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 173
Author(s):  
Anastasia Miller, PhD ◽  
Lynn Unruh, PhD, RN, LHRM ◽  
Tracy Wharton, PhD, MEd, MSc, MSW, LCSW ◽  
Xinliang Liu, PhD ◽  
Ning Zhang, PhD, MD, MPH

Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine a baseline level of compassion satisfaction, burnout, and secondary traumatic stress (STS) in firefighters, as well as to examine how these constructs related to perceived organizational support, perceived coworker support, psychological resilience, and debriefing in the fire personnel.Design: This was done through a voluntary nonrandom, cross-sectional administration of surveys. Setting: The study was carried out in the state of Florida.Subjects, Participants: Surveys were e-mailed out to state firefighters. Two hundred seventy surveys were completed by active firefighting personnel across the state.Main Outcome Measure(s): The Professional Quality of Life: Compassion Satisfaction and Compassion Fatigue Version 5 was also sent to establish self-reported levels of compassion satisfaction, burnout, and STS. The Survey of Perceived Organizational Support, Perceived Organizational Support Survey, and the Brief Resilience Survey were also used in addition to questions regarding debriefing activities. Results: Gender, race, and education levels were significantly related to compassion satisfaction in the regression analysis. Organizational support was associated with higher compassion satisfaction as well as lower burnout and STS. Coworker support was associated with higher compassion satisfaction. Psychological resilience was positively associated with higher levels of compassion satisfaction and lower burnout and STS. Those who participated in informal debriefing methods had higher compassion satisfaction as well as lower burnout. Firefighters working at agencies that did not provide mental health professional’s services had lower compassion satisfaction.Conclusions: Fire agencies have multiple avenues and policy options to improve the professional quality of life for firefighters.





2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anastasia Miller ◽  
Lynn Unruh ◽  
Ning Zhang ◽  
Xinliang Liu ◽  
Tracy Wharton

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to determine a baseline level of the Professional Quality of Life (ProQOL 5) in emergency dispatchers in the state of Florida, as well as to examine the how it is associated with psychological resilience, perceived coworker support, different types of debriefing, and perceived organizational support. Design/methodology/approach This was done through a cross-sectional administration of surveys to emergency telecommunicators and dispatchers in the state of Florida. Findings In total, 186 surveys were completed by active emergency dispatch personnel across the state of Florida. The study found that psychological resilience, education, and perceived organizational support were statistically related to professional quality of life in Florida Dispatchers. Research limitations/implications There are limitations due to the nature of cross-sectional survey design and due to the sample size. There are also possible issues with the accuracy of self-reported survey answers. The lack of participation from all agencies also hinders generalizability. Practical implications This study serves as a reference point for a very under studied emergency service population. There are also implications that psychological resilience development in dispatch personnel would assist in multiple aspects of their professional quality of life. Originality/value This is the first study to use the ProQOL 5 on dispatch personnel in Florida. It also displays statistical relationships between factors which dispatch agencies could use to increase employee job satisfaction and potentially reduce turnover.





2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandro Quartiroli ◽  
Christopher R. D. Wagstaff ◽  
Edward F. Etzel


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