OBJECTIVETo explore the situation of quality of life (QOL) of nurses working in night shifts and the major factors influencing the QOL, and to provide scientific basis of the further effective intervention for the quality of life.

METHODSThe nurses working in night shift were sampled randomly in Grade 3A-hospitals of Tianjin, and investigated using WHO Quality of Life-BREF Scale.

RESULTSThree hundred eighty five questionnaires were collected from 398 questionnaires. The average score of subjective QOL perception was 2.90 (the full score is 5), subjective health perception was 2.64 (the full score is 5). The score of physical domain of QOL was 13.21 +/- 2.18; psychological domain of QOL was 13.38 +/- 2.28; social domain of QOL was 14.71 +/- 2.32; environmental domain of QOL was 11.36 +/- 2.31, all of which were significantly lower than norm value (P<0.01). The results analyzed by ordinal logistic regression showed that the factors affecting physical domain of QOL were years of working experience, sleep time, gastrointestinal disorders, family harmony status and regular diet; the factors affecting psychological domain of QOL were family harmony status and gastrointestinal disorders; the factors affecting social domain of QOL were the nature of nursing work and family harmony status; the factors affecting environmental domain of QOL were job title, sleep time, gastrointestinal disorders and regular diet.

CONCLUSIONThe QOL of nurses working in night shifts is lower than that of general people. The corresponding measures should be taken to raise the quality of life of nurses in night shifts.

Adult ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Nurses ; psychology ; Quality of Life ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Work Schedule Tolerance ; Young Adult

PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to explore how first-line nurse managers constructed the meaning of resilience and its relationship to work-life balance for nurses in Korea. METHODS: Participants were 20 first-line nurse managers working in six university hospitals. Data were collected through in-depth interviews from December 2011 to August 2012, and analyzed using Strauss and Corbin's grounded theory method. RESULTS: Analysis revealed that participants perceived work-life balance and resilience to be shaped by dynamic, reflective processes. The features consisting resilience included "positive thinking", "flexibility", "assuming responsibility", and "separating work and life". This perception of resilience has the potential to facilitate a shift in focus from negative to positive experiences, from rigidity to flexibility, from taskcentered to person-centered thinking, and from the organization to life. CONCLUSIONS: Recognizing the importance of work-life balance in producing and sustaining resilience in first-line nurse managers could increase retention in the Korean nursing workforce.
Adult ; Female ; Grounded Theory ; Hospitals, University ; Humans ; Middle Aged ; Nurse Administrators/*psychology ; Nurse's Role/*psychology ; Qualitative Research ; *Resilience, Psychological ; Work Schedule Tolerance/*psychology ; Workplace/*psychology