The impact of mindfulness on nurses' professional quality of life

Abstract

Objective To provide a scientific basis for nursing managers to promote the professional quality of life of nurses. Methods Totally 373 nurses from three general hospitals in Jinan by convenience sampling technique were recruited and assessed with the Professional Quality of Life Scale Version 5(ProQOL-V) and the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire. The relationship between professional quality of life and mindfulness was analyzed. Results The average score of compassion satisfaction was (29.71±6.61) points, the average score of compassion fatigue was (52.82±8.04) points, which were in the middle level of them. Compassion satisfaction was correlated with mindfulness, observation, description, non - reactiveness and non-judgment (P <0.05). Compassion fatigue was correlated with mindfulness, observation, awareness of the action, non-reactiveness and non- judgment (P <0.05). Multiple regression analysis showed that the three dimensions (observation, non-reactiveness and non-judgment) of mindfulness could predict 15% variance of compassion satisfaction and the three dimensions (observation, awareness of the action and non-judgment) of mindfulness could predict 34.1% variance of compassion fatigue after controlling demographic variables. Conclusions Mindfulness can effectively predict nurses' professional quality of life. Nursing managers should take some mindfulness training in order to improve their professional quality of life. Key words: Nurses; Professional quality of life; Mindfulness; Compassion satisfaction; Compassion fatigue