Purpose
This study aimed to confirm the mediating effect of social responsibility on the relationship between nurses' stress and burnout from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in tertiary general hospitals.
Methods
For this descriptive cross-sectional study, online survey data from 193 nurses in three tertiary general hospitals were analyzed. Data were collected from March 30 to April 4, 2021. The following statistical analysis were conducted: t-test, ANOVA, Scheffé test, Pearson's correlation coefficient analysis, and Hayes Process Macro Model 4 (to test the mediating effect).
Results
COVID-19 stress was positively associated with burnout (r=.28, p<.001) and social responsibility (r=.22, p=.002). Social responsibility was negatively associated with burnout (r=-.31, p<.001). Furthermore, the mediation analysis indicated that social responsibility mediated the relationship between COVID-19 stress and burnout.
Conclusion
According to the results, the impact of COVID-19 stress on the burnout was mediated by social responsibility. Therefore, to prevent the burnout from COVID-19 of nurses, developing educational programs to enhance social responsibility are recommended.

Purpose
The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between self-control, social responsibility, transformational leadership, and career preparation behavior, and to identify factors influencing career preparation behavior.
Methods
The participants were 215 nursing students in one university located in J-city. Data collection was conducted between June 1st and June 19th, 2020, and was analyzed using independent t-test, one way ANOVA, Scheffé test, Pearson correlation coefficients, and stepwise multiple regression analysis with SPSS/WIN 20.0.
Results
The career preparation behavior showed a significant positive correlation with social responsibility (r=.44, p<.001), and transformational leadership (r=.44, p<.001). The significant predictors of career preparation behavior were academic year (β=.36, p<.001), social responsibility (β=.28, p=.002), transformational leadership (β=.25, p=.004), and reason for application (β=.14, p=.015). These factors explained 36.0% of the career preparation behavior in the regression model (F=19.87, p<.001).
Conclusion
The findings indicate that grade, social responsibility, transformational leadership, and reason for application impact career behavior preparation. It is necessary to provide systematic career preparation behavior programs considering academic year, social responsibility, transformational leadership, and reason for application of nursing students.

Citations

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PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to identify the perception and factors affecting social responsibility in nursing students.
METHODS
The participants for this study were 301 nursing students in three universities and three colleges located in Seoul, Gyeonggi or Gyeongbuk in South Korea. Data were collected in Dec, 2015 using structured questionnaires and analyzed using independent t-test, one way ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficient, multiple regression analysis with the SPSS/WIN 18.0 program.
RESULTS
The mean score for social responsibility of nursing students had a significant positive correlation with satisfaction with nursing major, nursing professionalism and sociality. Sociality, nursing professionalism and nursing major satisfaction were the major predictors of social responsibility and explained 51.0%(F=142.67, p < .001) of the total variance in the study.
CONCLUSION
The results suggest that it is necessary to develop strategies to promote the various nursing curricular programs that reinforce social responsibility in nursing college students.

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