DETERMINATION OF POST-TRAUMATIC GROWTH AND PSYCHOLOGICAL RESILIENCE LEVELS OF NURSES CARING FOR PATIENTS WITH COVID-19

Yılmaz, Mualla

The study aims to examine the posttraumatic growth and psychological resilience levels relationship of nurses who care for patients with a diagnosis of COVID-19. The population of this cross-sectional, correlational study consisted of nurses caring for COVID-19 patients in Gaziantep, Turkey in March 2021, and the sample of the study using convenience sampling was 167 nurses. Data were collected with the Personal Information Form, the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory, and the Resilience Scale for Adults. For the evaluation, descriptive statistics, and Correlation, Binary Logistic Regression were used. The mean total score of psychological resilience of the nurses was 123.72±18.02, and the mean total score of posttraumatic growth was 70.71±21.02. A moderately positive and significant relations...