[An exploration of the professional confidence, practice competency and related factors of new nurses in surgical wards].
This study adopted a secondary analysis method to explore the professional confidence, practice competency and related factors of new nurses who had worked in surgical wards for less than one year. This study analyzed data from 92 completed structured questionnaires (validity rate: 93.88%). The questionnaire was designed in three parts, including demographic data (personal and organizational factors), the Nursing Practice Situation Handling Confidence Scale (NPSHC Scale) and the Nursing Practicing Competencies Mastery (NPCH Scale) Scale. Subjects self-completed the distributed questionnaire. Internal consistency Cronbach's alpha of four sub-scales for the NPSHC scales and the NPCM scales were, respectively, between .946-.985 and .947-.985. Results indicate that (1) the mean and standard deviation for the four categories in professional confidence (0-10) were 6.59 +/- 1.38, 6.56 +/- 1.53, 6.65 +/- 1.48 and 7.00 +/- 1.75. The mean and standard deviation for the four practice competency categories (1-4) were 3.10 +/- 0.57, 3.24 +/- 0.56, 3.15 +/- 0.60 and 3.00 +/- 0.54; (2) the professional confidence of nurses and practice competency are positively related. The former explained 18.9% of variance in the latter, while individual factors (number of months of experience, mastery of nursing practice competencies) and organizational factors (support from peers, patients and their families) explained 44.3% of the variance in subject professional confidence. Results of this study provide a valuable reference for future nursing school curricula and clinical planning when designing courses for employment, pre-occupation and continuing education courses.
Wu
Ming-Chuan
MC
Department of Nursing, Hsin Sheng College of Medical Care and Management.
Hsu
Man-Ying Fang
MY
Wen
Ru-Yuh
RY
D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D006801:Humans; D009726:Nurses; D009871:Operating Room Nursing; D011361:Professional Competence