Department of Pediatrics, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, China.
Department of Nursing, Huzhou University, Huzhou, Zhejiang, China.
PLoS One. 2021 May 27;16(5):e0252430. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0252430. eCollection 2021.
Specific personality traits may affect the ability of nurses to deal with patient death. The relationship between personality and death coping self-efficacy (DCS) has rarely been investigated in the palliative care setting. In this study, we explored the associations between different personality profiles and DCS in clinical nurses from general wards and ICU.
A cross-sectional survey of 572 Chinese nurses was conducted between August and September 2020, by way of a self-administered questionnaire.
Among the Big Five Personality Traits, in nurses the score was highest for conscientiousness and lowest for neuroticism. With regard to DCS, nurses scored highly on the intention of hospice care. The Big Five Personality Traits were found to explain 20.2% of the overall variation in DCS. Openness, agreeableness and conscientiousness were significantly associated with DCS in nurses.
Nursing managers should pay attention to differences in personality characteristics and provide personalized and targeted nursing education. This should improve nurses' DCS, enrich their professional development and promote high quality palliative care for patients and their families.
特定的人格特质可能会影响护士处理患者死亡的能力。在姑息治疗环境中,人格与死亡应对自我效能感(DCS)之间的关系很少被研究。在这项研究中,我们探讨了普通病房和 ICU 临床护士不同人格特征与 DCS 之间的关系。
2020 年 8 月至 9 月期间,通过自我管理问卷对 572 名中国护士进行了横断面调查。
在五大人格特质中,护士的尽责性得分最高,神经质得分最低。就 DCS 而言,护士在临终关怀意愿方面得分较高。五大人格特质解释了 DCS 总变异的 20.2%。开放性、宜人性和尽责性与护士的 DCS 显著相关。
护理管理人员应注意人格特征的差异,并提供个性化和有针对性的护理教育。这将提高护士的 DCS,丰富他们的专业发展,并为患者及其家属提供高质量的姑息治疗。