Medico-Legal Update

This study is a descriptive research study to identify factors affecting quality of professional lives of nurses.

The subjects of this study were 177 nurses working in a general hospital in Korea, and the data collection was from February 01, 2018 to February 26, 2018. The collected data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson's correlation and multiple regression analysis.

As a result of the study, Quality of professional lives of nurses and Emotional labor(r=-.114, p=.016) showed negative correlation, and Emotional intelligence(r=.274, p=.000) showed significant positive correlation. Among emotional intelligence, self emotional appraisal(β=-.043, p=.000) and the use of emotion(β=-.394, p=.007) were found to affect the quality of professional lives of nurses.

In conclusion, strategies for minimizing emotional labor and improving emotional intelligence are needed to improve the quality of professional life.