英文摘要 |
Registered nurses attend continuing education when facing insufficient professional knowledge or awkward working situation after working for a period of time. However, the combination of working, studying and other interactive factors may influence their quality of life. The purpose of the study is to explore quality of life and related factors among nursing students currently serving in hospitals. One-hundred sixteen registered nurses attending the weekend course in a university were recruited. The response rate was 98.3%. Data were collected via an anonymous questionnaire consisting of the Short Form of the World Health Organization Questionnaire on Quality of Life-Taiwan Version (the WHOQOL-BREF Taiwan version), the 10-item Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10), the 12-item Chinese Health Questionnaire (CHQ-12), the Coping Scale and demographic variables. There were significant negative correlations between PSS-10/CHQ-12 scores and the four domains of the WHOQOL-BREF (P<0.01). Furthermore, the overall quality of life was found significantly lower after attending the course. However, there was a significant positive correlation between the problem-focused coping and physical health, psychological health, social relationship, and environmental domain (p<0.01). Emotion-focused coping was simply negatively related to psychological health. The result of final regression analysis revealed that quality of life can be predicted by stress and health status (p<0.01). This study may help registered nurses who intend to attend the continuing education after working for a period of time in hospitals. Preparation of health status, coordination of working, studying and living, application of appropriate coping strategies are suggested in order to improve quality of life for nursing students with work. |