Career Adaptability and its Relationship with Quality of Work Life in the Emergency Nurses of Educational centers of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, 2020

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Abstract: Introduction: Emergency nurses work in a stressful environment, which can affect their mental health and reduce their quality of working life (QWL). The issue of QWL is of particular importance because it is related to the key factor in achieving the goals of the organization, namely human resource. Career adaptability can have positive outcomes such as job satisfaction, life satisfaction, reduction of job stress, development of job planning, improvement of quality of work life, and a sense of success towards the job. Therefore, the present study was conducted to determine the the career adaptability and its relationship with the quality of work life in nurses working in the emergency department. Method: This study was a cross-sectional descriptive-correlational study was performed with the participation of 104 nurses working in the emergency department of Tabriz teaching hospitals (Imam Reza, Shohada, Sina, Shahid Madani, Nikookari, and Children), whom were selected by randomly stratified sampling method. In this study, demographic information questionnaires, Career Adapt-Abilities Scale (CAAS; Savickas) and quality of work-life questionnaire (Brooks & Anderson) were used to collect information. Collected data were analyzed using SPSS(16) statistical software by descriptive statistics (frequency, mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (independent t-test, one-way analysis of variance, Pearson correlation coefficient and linear regression analysis).. Significant p <0.05 was considered for all statistical tests. Results: In this study, the mean total scores of career adaptability and quality of working life were 85.55 ± 25.01 (from the range of 24-120) and 141.15 ±22.56 (from the range of 42-252), respectively. In the Career Adaptability Questionnaire, the highest score was related to the confidence dimension (20.89) and the lowest score was related to the control dimension (20.25). The results showed that the majority of nurses participating in this study had an average quality of work life (85-169) (85.6%). Also, the results of Pearson correlation showed that there is a significant positive relationship between the total score of career adaptability with the total score of quality of working life and all its dimensions (p = 0.05). The regression analysis results showed that career adaptability significantly predicts quality of work life (p = 0.000). Conclusion: Career adaptability and quality of life of nurses participating in this study were moderate. Since there was a significant correlation between nurses career adaptability and QWL and Career adaptability was recognized as a predictor variable in QWL improvment, it is suggested that in order to improve nurses' QWL, measures be taken to increase career adaptability through training or counseling interventions.