Correlation between disaster preparedness and psychological capital of clinical nurses / 中国实用护理杂志

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Objective:To understand the status of psychological capital and disaster preparedness of clinical nurses and analyze the relationship between them.Methods:From August to October 2020, 508 clinical nurses were selected from 8 Class Ⅲ hospitals in Zhejiang province by convenience sampling method. General information questionnaire, nurses' psychological capital questionnaire and disaster preparedness questionnaire were used. A total of 508 questionnaires were sent out and 503 valid questionnaires were collected with an effective rate of 99.01%.Results:The total score of disaster preparedness score of 503 clinical nurses was (179.53±41.11) points, mean items score was (3.99±0.91) points, psychological capital was (91.86±14.68) points, mean items score was (4.49±0.73) points. Correlation analysis showed that nurses' psychological capital was positively correlated with disaster preparedness ( r value was 0.610, P<0.05). Regression analysis showed that psychological capital, department, working years, whether participated in disaster training and disaster event rescue had significant impact on disaster preparedness of clinical nurses ( t values were 2.002-16.770, P<0.01 or 0.05). Conclusions:The knowledge, skills and post disaster management of clinical nurses are still deficient. Psychological capital affects the level of disaster preparedness of nurses to a certain extent. Nursing managers should formulate targeted intervention measures to enhance the level of psychological capital of nurses, so as to better improve the disaster preparedness of clinical nurses.