Analyze the mediating effect of the positive psychological qualities, between emotional intelligence and humanistic caring ability among the nursing interns / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the humanistic caring ability ,and to analyze the relationship between the positive psychological qualities , emotional intelligence and humanistic caring ability among the nursing interns, and provide theoretical basis to improve nursing students’humanistic caring ability. Methods A total of 132 nursing interns from a three Level of first-class hospital in Liaoning province, were investigated by using the general questionnaire, caring ability inventory, emotional intelligence scale and Positive Mental Characters Scale for China normal university. Results The score of humanistic caring ability was (180.74±18.75) . Among them, the average score of cognitive was the highest (73.71± 10.93) and the average score of courage was the lowest (48.43±11.91 ). Emotional intelligence and positive psychological qualities were positively correlated with the humanistic caring ability, and positive psychological qualities was a intermediate variable between emotional intelligence and humanistic caring ability, and the mediating effect size is 18.71%. Conclusion The level of humanistic caring ability in nursing interns is lower, which needs to be further improved. The emotional intelligence and positive psychological qualities have a significant positive effect on the humanistic caring ability. Schools and internship hospitals can improve their sense of humanistic caring ability by developing the emotional intelligence and positive psychological qualities to stabilize the development of nursing career.