Department of Disaster Management, Institute of Health Sciences, Bezmialem Foundation University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Bezmialem Foundation University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Int Emerg Nurs. 2023 Sep;70:101319. doi: 10.1016/j.ienj.2023.101319. Epub 2023 Aug 17.
Nurses who constitute an important part of the health system play a critical role in all stages of disaster management, especially in providing care for disaster victims. It is essential for nurses to have adequate education and qualifications to reduce disaster-related mortality and morbidity rates in the community. The qualifications of nurses depend not only on their knowledge and skills but also on their emotional abilities such as empathy and stress management. Emotions can impact individuals' levels of self-efficacy in disaster response, and it may help explain the differences in self-efficacy among nurses.
This study aimed to investigate the relationship between emotional intelligence and disaster response self-efficacy, and compare the scores between hospital nurses and National Medical Rescue Team nurses.
A cross-sectional design.
This research was conducted at Bezmialem Foundation University Hospital and National Medical Rescue Team in Istanbul, Turkey.
This study included 565 nurses from two different institutions.
A survey consisting of the Demographic Information Form, the Modified Schutte Emotional Intelligence Scale, and the Disaster Response Self-Efficacy Scale was administered to the nurses. The data collected from March to April of 2022 was analyzed using SPSS 25.0 program. The differences and relationships among variables were determined by using Chi-square tests, student's t-tests, Pearson correlation, and linear regression analyses.
Of the 565 participants, 219 (38.8%) were hospital nurses and 346 (61.2%) were NMRT nurses. NMRT nurses scored significantly higher in emotional intelligence (131.45 ± 6.15 versus 129.75 ± 6.01) and disaster response self-efficacy (80.71 ± 11.38 versus 77.77 ± 11.33) than hospital nurses (p < 0.05). In addition, emotional intelligence was found to be significantly and positively correlated to disaster response self-efficacy (r = 0.885, p < 0.05).
The emotional intelligence and disaster response self-efficacy were positively correlated, and both levels of NMRT nurses higher than hospital nurses. These findings suggest that healthcare organizations should take the emotional intelligence of nurses as an important means to improve their disaster response selfefficacy. It can improve the quality of disaster response to obtain well self-efficacy by developing the emotional intelligence of nurses.
护士作为卫生系统的重要组成部分，在灾害管理的各个阶段都发挥着关键作用，尤其是在为灾害受害者提供护理方面。护士必须具备足够的教育和资质，以降低社区中与灾害相关的死亡率和发病率。护士的资质不仅取决于他们的知识和技能，还取决于他们的情感能力，如同理心和压力管理。情绪会影响个人在灾害应对中的自我效能感水平，这可能有助于解释护士之间自我效能感的差异。
本研究旨在探讨情绪智力与灾害应对自我效能感之间的关系，并比较医院护士和国家医疗救援队护士之间的得分。
横断面设计。
本研究在土耳其伊斯坦布尔的贝泽米莱姆基金会大学医院和国家医疗救援队进行。
本研究纳入了来自两个不同机构的 565 名护士。
采用一般资料问卷、改良舒特情绪智力量表和灾害应对自我效能感量表对护士进行调查。2022 年 3 月至 4 月收集的数据使用 SPSS 25.0 程序进行分析。采用卡方检验、学生 t 检验、皮尔逊相关分析和线性回归分析确定变量之间的差异和关系。
在 565 名参与者中，219 名（38.8%）为医院护士，346 名（61.2%）为 NMRT 护士。NMRT 护士的情绪智力（131.45±6.15 与 129.75±6.01）和灾害应对自我效能感（80.71±11.38 与 77.77±11.33）得分均显著高于医院护士（p<0.05）。此外，情绪智力与灾害应对自我效能感呈显著正相关（r=0.885，p<0.05）。
情绪智力与灾害应对自我效能感呈正相关，且 NMRT 护士的情绪智力和灾害应对自我效能感均高于医院护士。这些发现表明，医疗机构应将护士的情绪智力作为提高其灾害应对自我效能感的重要手段。通过提高护士的情绪智力，可以改善灾害应对的质量，获得良好的自我效能感。
