Abstract: Objective: To describe the professional quality of life and the perceived organizational support among critical care nurses, and to explore the relationship between them. Methods: Totally 317 nurses in five tertiary grade A hospitals in Qingdao were included. The professional quality of life scale the perceived organizational support scale and a self-designed demographic questionnaire were used for data collection. Results: The original score of compassion satisfaction, burnout, secondary traumatic stress were 31.21±5.62, 25.87±4.90 and 25.50±4.97 respectively. The score of emotional support was 3.12±0.75, and the score of instrument support was 3.53±0.73. The compassion satisfaction was positively related with the perceived organizational support. The burnout and secondary traumatic stress were negatively related with the perceived organizational support respectively. Conclusions: The perceived organizational support has significant influence on nurses' professional quality of life. To enhance the organizational support of nurses will benefit the professional quality of life, the stability of nursing team and the quality of nursing care.

Key words: critical care nurse; professional quality of life; perceived organizational support