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The effect of emotional intelligence levels of intensive care and clinical nurses on psychological resilience Gümüş, Cemile; Tülay Yılmaz Bingöl; Nermin Gürhan
Nursing and Health Sciences Journal (NHSJ) Vol. 5 No. 1 (2025): March 2025
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.53713/nhsj.v5i1.425

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Nurses must have communication skills, empathy, and the ability to deal with the challenges of patient care effectively. Emotional intelligence and psychological resilience are skills that nurses can develop in adapting, collaborating, and providing quality patient care. This study aims to determine the effect of the emotional intelligence levels of intensive care and clinical nurses on their psychological resilience levels. In this descriptive cross-sectional study, 252 intensive care and ward nurses met the study sample. "Personal Information Form," "Emotional Intelligence Scale," and "Adult Resilience Measure" were used as data collection tools in the research. The nurses' "total emotional intelligence" average was found to be high at 139.060±24.129 (min=33 and max=180). The "psychological resilience total" score average was low at 86.774±10.648 (min=55 and max=105). It has been found that emotional intelligence affects psychological resilience in nurses. The psychological resilience of nurses working in intensive care units was lower than that of clinical nurses. Healthcare organizations need to increase the well-being of nurses in complex working environments with intervention programs emphasizing emotional intelligence and psychological resilience. The results of this study are important to encourage the improvement of nurses' well-being.
Defense styles employed by healthcare professionals experiencing compassion fatigue Tülay Yılmaz Bingöl; Özkök, Zeynep; Nermin Gürhan; Bahadır Geniş; Özge Yaman
Nursing and Health Sciences Journal (NHSJ) Vol. 5 No. 2 (2025): June 2025
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.53713/nhsj.v5i2.485

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The healthcare sector operates under relentless demands, requiring uninterrupted service delivery amid high-stress environments. Compassion fatigue manifests as a complex interplay of burnout and secondary traumatic stress. To mitigate the psychological toll of compassion fatigue, healthcare professionals often adopt defense mechanisms. This study examines the defense styles used by healthcare professionals experiencing compassion fatigue. This study is a descriptive quantitative study. The study sample consisted of 499 actively working healthcare professionals (422 nurses, 77 doctors). A Personal Information Form consisting of 12 questions, the Compassion Scale (CQ), and the Defense Style Questionnaire-40 (DSQ-40) were used to collect data. The study was conducted using the survey method (Online link) and the snowball sampling method. According to the study results, the level of compassion increases as the number of children in the participants increases. The level of compassion decreases as the level of education increases. In addition, it was determined that participants with low levels of compassion resort to immature defense styles and may experience compassion fatigue. In order to prevent compassion fatigue in healthcare professionals who play very important roles in protecting, developing, and improving community mental health, The management should support and support healthcare professionals in problems experienced in clinical environments, improve difficult working conditions, and take measures to prevent violence in healthcare.