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Abstract
Background
Examining factors affecting nursing care is vital for enhancing practices, improving care quality, and achieving desired patient outcomes.
Aim
To explore emergency nurses’ perceptions of care quality, compassion fatigue and conscience stress levels; and evaluate the mediating role of conscience stress between compassion fatigue and perception of nursing care quality.
Methods
This cross-sectional and descriptive study was conducted between April 1 and September 1, 2022, with 384 nurses working in emergency departments across Turkey. “Sociodemographic Data Collection Form”, “Compassion Fatigue Scale”, “Stress of Conscience Scale” and “Caring Behaviors Scale” were used to collect data.
Results
The mean total scores for the Caring Behaviors Scale, Compassion Fatigue Scale, and Conscience Stress Scale among emergency nurses were 5.16 ± 0.67, 71.28 ± 25.19, and 100.48 ± 41.97, respectively. The study revealed a positive correlation between Conscience Stress Scale and Compassion Fatigue Scale scores, and no correlation between Caring Behaviors Scale scores. Additionally, a negative correlation was found between Compassion Fatigue Scale and Caring Behaviors Scale scores.
Conclusion
It was found that emergency nurses had high perceptions of care quality, moderate levels of compassion fatigue and stress of conscience, and that stress of conscience did not mediate the relationship between perception of care quality and compassion fatigue.
期刊介绍:
International Emergency Nursing is a peer-reviewed journal devoted to nurses and other professionals involved in emergency care. It aims to promote excellence through dissemination of high quality research findings, specialist knowledge and discussion of professional issues that reflect the diversity of this field. With an international readership and authorship, it provides a platform for practitioners worldwide to communicate and enhance the evidence-base of emergency care.
The journal publishes a broad range of papers, from personal reflection to primary research findings, created by first-time through to reputable authors from a number of disciplines. It brings together research from practice, education, theory, and operational management, relevant to all levels of staff working in emergency care settings worldwide.