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Objective To explore the correlation between nursing students' hardiness personality and professional commitment.Methods 1 115 undergraduate nursing students from 3 medical universities in Guangzhou were investigated with the scales of hardiness personality and nursing professional commitment.Results The scores of hardiness personality and professional commitment were (2.55 ± 0.44) and (2.70 ± 0.43),respectively,and both of them were at the middle level.Correlation analysis revealed that hardiness personality was positively related to professional commitment (P＜0.01),and the challenge dimension of hardiness personality had positive predictive effect on professional commitment.Conclusions Nursing educators should take measures to improve students' hardiness personality and professional commitment.It would help maintain the stability of the whole nursing team.
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Objective To investigate the characteristics of self-perceived burden (SPB) in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD),and to explore the correlation among SPB and coping style and family support.Methods Three instruments including Self-Perceived Burden Scale,Medical Coping Modes Questionnaire and PSS-Fa were used to investigate 121 patients from a tertiary first-class comprehensive hospital of Guangzhou.Results The mean scores of SPB in patients with COPD was (25.65 ± 10.23),which was in the medium level.SPB was positively correlated with resignation of coping style,and negatively correlated with family support.Resignation of coping style had direct positive effect on patients' SPB and family support had indirect negative effect on patients' SPB,but had no effect on confront and avoidance coping style.Conclusions Nurses should take effective measures to improve family support and guide patients cope not with resignation style but in an appropriate way so as to alleviate patients' SPB.
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Objective To explore the experience of self-perceived burden in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and provide evidence for clinical nursing interventions.Methods Indepth interviews were conducted among 17 patients with COPD using phenomenological method of qualitative research.Data were analyzed with the Colaizzi's method.Results 3 themes was identified:self-accusation and guilt,loss of dignity and powerlessness,concern and insecurity.Conclusions Nurses should take the experience of SPB in patients with COPD seriously and take the influence of SPB into account during the process of nursing interventions and evaluation.