J Korean Acad Nurs Adm JKANA Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration 1225-9330 2288-4955 Korean Academy of Nursing Administration 10.11111/jkana.2015.21.1.77 Original Article Impact of Nursing Students' Emotional Labor on Burnout during Nursing Practice in a Hospital: Moderating Effect of Emotional Intelligence Kang So-Young Department of Nursing, Catholic University of Pusan, Korea. Corresponding author: Kang, So-Young. Department of Nursing, Catholic University of Pusan, 57 Oryundae-ro, Geumjeong-gu, Busan 609-757, Korea. Tel: +82-51-510-0771, Fax: +82-51-510-0747, kang0026@cup.ac.kr 01 2015 31 01 2015 21 1 77 87 03 11 2014 21 12 2014 23 12 2014 Copyright © 2015 Korean Academy of Nursing Administration 2015 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Purpose

This study was done to: (a) identify levels of emotional labor that nursing students perceived when caring for patients in the hospital during their nursing practicum, (b) examine the impact of emotional labor on burnout, and (c) identify the possible moderating effect of emotional intelligence on the relationship between emotional labor and burnout for nursing students.

 Methods

A descriptive study was conducted with a sample of 171 students enrolled in a 4-year undergraduate nursing program in one university located in Korea, and had a practicum experience at least one semester before the study began. Data were collected with self-report questionnaire, and analyzed with SPSS 21.0 program, using hierarchical multiple regression.

 Results

Mean score for emotional labor was 3.17 with a range of 1 to 5. For nursing students, emotional labor significantly affected burnout in the nursing practicum (F=15.763, p<.001), and explained 30.1% of the variance in burnout. The degree of emotional intelligence acted as a moderator on the relationship between emotional labor and burnout at significant level (F=15.345, p<.001).

 Conclusion

This research shows that nurse managers as well as nurse educators need to pay attention to nursing students' emotional labor during nursing practicum in the care units of hospitals.

 Emotional labor Burnout Nurses Intelligence Students Catholic University of Pusan

This paper was supported by RESEARCH FUND offered from the Catholic University of Pusan.

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GPA=Grade point average.

 Descriptive Statistics and Correlation Coefficient among Variables (<italic>N</italic>=171)

*p<.05, **p<.01, ***p<.001.

 Differences in Variables according to Characteristics of Participants (<italic>N</italic>=171)

GPA=Grade point average.

 Results of Hierarchical Regression Analysis (<italic>N</italic>=171)

*p<.05, **p<.01, ***p<.001.