Purpose
This study aimed to explore the nursing management experience of Korean nurse managers during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Methods: This exploratory qualitative study used individual semi-structured interviews. Data were collected from 10 nurse managers working in tertiary general hospitals in Korea from October 2020 to September 2021. Thematic analysis methods were employed to analyze interview transcripts. Results: The following four themes were derived: difficulty due to an unexpected and sudden disaster, being the center with a sense of calling and responding resolutely, gratitude toward health workers who work and endure together, and striving and rising to the challenge of preparing for future infection. Conclusion: During the COVID-19 pandemic, Korean nurse managers made an effort to overcome the crisis based on the sense of calling, despite many changes and challenges. Furthermore, managers expressed their gratitude to the department members working together, and they confirmed the need for system improvement to prepare for upcoming epidemics.

Citations

• The COVID-19 Pandemic Experience of A Cohort of Quarantined University Hospital Nurse Managers
  Soon-Youl Lee, Suk Jung Han, Hee Jung Hong
  Journal of Korean Public Health Nursing.2024; 38(2): 205.     CrossRef
• Perceptions of Healthcare Safety Nets among Tertiary Hospital and Long-Term Care Hospital Nurses during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Q-Methodological Approach
  Bom-Mi Park, Mi Young Chon, Hyun-Jung Lee
  Healthcare.2023; 11(20): 2732.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to identify the mediating effect of head nurses' emotional leadership as perceived by nurses in the relationship between nurses' job stress and job satisfaction.
METHODS
Study participants were 278 staff nurses currently working at two university hospitals in Busan, Korea. SPSS/WIN 21.0 program was used for data analysis to analyze descriptive statistics, t-test, correlation, and stepwise multiple regression. The significance level was set at p<.05.
RESULTS
Nurses' job satisfaction had a significant correlation with job stress (r=-.31, p<.001) and emotional leadership of nurse managers as perceived by nurses (r=.53, p<.001). Also, head nurses' emotional leadership experienced by nurses had a partial mediating effect in the relationship between nurses' job stress and job satisfaction.
CONCLUSION
The results of this study show that the nurse managers' emotional leadership has an important influence on nurses' job stress and job satisfaction. Therefore, head nurses' emotional leadership is very important for effective human resource management and the hospital should offer education and training to booster head nurses' leadership by developing emotional intelligence to promote staff job satisfaction.

Citations

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  Se Young Jang, Chan Mi Park, Eun Hee Yang
  Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing.2024; 54(2): 119.     CrossRef
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  Ji-Young Lim, Geun-Myun Kim, Eun-Joo Kim
  International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.2022; 19(10): 5792.     CrossRef
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  Yong‐ai Zhang, Xiao‐na Zhang, Na Xu, EunKyoung Yun
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  Seung Young Lee, Duck Ho Kim
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  Eun-Soon Lee, See-Won Ryu
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  Hyun-Ju Choi
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  Jung Sook Kim, Yun Min Kim, Keum Seong Jang, Bok Nam Kim, Seok Hee Jeong
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