The Relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Stress Coping of Nurses / 기본간호학회지

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to identify the relationship between emotional intelligence and stress coping of nurses in hospitals. METHODS: The study was a descriptive-correlational study with a convenience sample of 298 nurses. Descriptive statistics t-test, Mann-Whitney U, One-way ANOVA and Pearson correlation coefficients were used for data analysis. RESULTS: The results of this study were as follows; Emotional intelligence was higher in married nurses than unmarried nurses (t=-2.90, p=.004). Nurses with a clinical career of 4~7 years had better stress coping than nurses with shorter careers (F=5.60, p=.004). Ward nurses better stress coping than nurses in emergency rooms and Intensive care units (F=4.43, p=.013). Fixed shift nurses had better stress coping than nurses on rotation shifts (t=-2.37, p=.019). There was a significant positive correlation between emotional intelligence and stress coping (r=.29, p<.001). CONCLUSION: The results indicate that stress coping is better in nurses with higher emotional intelligence, 4~7 year clinical experience, working on ward a as well as having a fixed shift. However further development and application of programs which can improve nurses' emotional intelligence are needed.

The Effects of Individualized Education on Stroke Patients' Post-discharge Anxiety and Self-care Compliance / 재활간호학회지

PURPOSE: This study aimed to identify the effect of individualized education on stroke patients' post-discharge anxiety and self-care compliance. METHODS: It was a pretest-posttest design with non-equivalent groups. A total of 32 hospitalized stroke patients in experimental group were given individualized education three times at one day before, the day of and one week after discharge. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test and chi2-test. RESULTS: The scores of anxiety at posttest were 45.66+/-9.58 in control group and 35.44+/-8.21 in the experimental group. Self-compliance scores were 44.00+/-7.99 in control and 61.06+/-7.69 in the experimental group. These indicate that anxiety score is significantly lower (t=-4.58, p<.001), and self-compliance score is significantly higher (t=8.70, p<.001) in experimental group. CONCLUSION: If stroke patients receive a relevant individualized education, it could help reduce their anxiety. Also it would be useful to maintain and improve their self-care compliance after discharge.