Relationship between professional quality of life and empathy in nurses

Profesionalna kakovost življenja vpliva na kakovost življenja posameznika. Medicinske sestre so zaradi narave dela še posebej izpostavljene tveganju za pojav izgorelosti, kar pa lahko negativno vpliva na njihovo stopnjo empatije. Zato smo se odločili raziskati profesionalno kakovost življenja in empatijo medicinskih sester.Ugotovili smo, da je profesionalna kakovost življenja medicinskih sester povprečna, saj je večina medicinskih sester dosegla povprečno število točk pri oceni sočutja zaradi zadovoljstva (M = 41,2SD = 4,4), izgorelosti (M = 24,1SD = 4,6) in sekundarnega travmatskega stresa (M = 25,4SD = 6,3). Stopnja empatije medicinskih sester je nizka (M = 43,7SD = 5,5). Med stopnjama izgorelosti in empatije obstaja šibka negativna statistična povezava (rs = –0,17, p = 0,017).Professional quality of life affects the quality of life of an individual. Due to the nature of work, nurses are particularly exposed to the risk of burnout, which may have a negative impact level of empathy. Therefore, aim was to explore the professional quality of life and the empathy of nurses. The professional quality of life of nurses is average, nurses achieved the average score in compassion satisfaction (M = 41.2, SD = 4.4), burnout (M = 24.1, SD = 4, 6) and secondary traumatic stress (M = 25.4, SD = 6.3). Level of empathy is low (M = 43.7, SD = 5.5). We found weak negative statistically significant correlation between burnout and empathy (rs = –0.17, p = 0.017)