Study on the effect of occupational death avoidance on post-traumatic growth in ICU nurses
Objective To understand the status quo of occupational death avoidance and post-traumatic growth in ICU nurses,and to explore the effect of occupational death avoidance on post-traumatic growth in ICU nurses.Meth-ods From April to August 2023,a questionnaire survey was conducted among ICU nurses in 4 Grade A hospitals in Shaanxi province using general information questionnaire,occupational death avoidance scale,and post-traumatic growth scale.Results The total score of occupational death avoidance and post-traumatic growth in ICU nurses were(55.42±6.24)points and(58.02±8.82)points,respectively.There was a negative correlation between occupational death avoidance and post-traumatic growth(r=-0.480,P<0.01).Occupational death avoidance,age,job title,and working years were the main factors affecting post-traumatic growth of ICU nurses(all P<0.05).Conclusion Occu-pational death avoidance of ICU nurses is at a high level,and their post-traumatic growth is at an average level.Nurs-ing managers should improve the level of post-traumatic growth and promote the growth of nurses by reducing the occupational death avoidance of ICU nurses.
intensive care unit nurseoccupational death avoidancepost-traumatic growthnursing