The Effect of Resilience and Optimism on Emotional Exhaustion and Job Stress of Nurses in the Fighting against Epidemics

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Dehghanizadeh Marziyeh; Jalali Foroughossadat; Badfar Chaleshtori Sajad

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Journal: Health Management and Information Science Year:2023 | Volume:10 | Issue:2 Page(s): 78-86

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The Effect of Resilience and Optimism on Emotional Exhaustion and Job Stress of Nurses in the Fighting against Epidemics

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Dehghanizadeh Marziyeh | Jalali Foroughossadat | Badfar Chaleshtori Sajad | Issue Writer Certificate

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Introduction: Increasing job stress weakens the nurses’ health, subsequently increasesemotional exhaustion, and decreases their efficiency; therefore, the aim of this study was toinvestigate the effect of resilience and optimism on emotional exhaustion and job stress innurses fighting against the COVID-19 epidemic in Hajar Hospital of Shahrekord in Iran in2021-2022.Methods: The method of the current study is practical in terms of purpose and descriptivesurvey in terms of data collection. The statistical population included 330 nurses workingin inpatient wards of patients with COVID-19 in Hajar Hospital of Shahrekord; the samplesize was determined using Cochran’s formula (178 people) and available methods. Thedata were collected through standard questionnaires including resilience questionnaire byConnor and Davidson (2003); optimism questionnaire by Caliskan & Uzunkol (2018); jobstress questionnaire by Sosik & Godshalk (2000), and emotional exhaustion questionnaire byMaslach & Jackson (1981).Results: The findings showed that job stress had a significant effect on the nurses’ emotionalexhaustion (P=0.000). Also, optimism had a significant effect on the nurses’ emotionalexhaustion with the mediation of job stress (P=0.004) and resilience had a significant effecton the nurses’ emotional exhaustion with the mediation of job stress (P=0.025).Conclusion: According to the results of the research, it was found that as nurses’ optimismand resilience increased and their stress decreased, their emotional exhaustion also decreased.Therefore, hospital supervisors could be helpful in formulating strategies in the field ofincreasing hope and positive energy, as well as training nurses to enhance their resilience.

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