Psychological Resilience Mediates Sense of Professional Mission and Career Success in Chinese Intensive Care Unit Nurses: a Cross-sectional Study

Abstract

Background The nursing industry's stability and progress are adversely affected by the high attrition rate and shortage of nurses; therefore, it is critical to investigate the variables that influence the professional stability of nurses.The sense of professional mission and career success have positive significance for reducing nurses' job burnout. The purpose of this study is to explore the potential mediating role of resilience in this relationship. Methods Self-reported questionnaires were utilized by 335 intensive care unit (ICU) nurses to assess their sense of professional mission, psychological resilience, and career success in this cross-sectional study. A structural equation model was developed to validate the indirect relationship between the variables. Results There is a correlation among professional mission, psychological resilience and career success. Significant mediating effect of resilience exists between career success and career mission. Conclusions In this study, resilience plays an intermediary role between career mission and career success, which provides support for further understanding the mechanism between career mission and career success and bolstering the case for devising comprehensive intervention strategies for resilience. Nursing managers should focus on nurses' sense of professional mission and psychological resilience, and implement strategies to enhance nurses' psychological resilience in order to boost their career success.