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Wang Y, Yang Q, Wang L, Zhang Q, Li Y. The factors of job crafting in emergency nurses: regression models versus qualitative comparative analysis. BMC Nurs 2024; 23:369. [PMID: 38825685 PMCID: PMC11145844 DOI: 10.1186/s12912-024-02035-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2023] [Accepted: 05/21/2024] [Indexed: 06/04/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Job crafting is defined as a series of proactive behaviors exhibited by employees in order to balance work resources and needs, which has a significant positive impact on the nurses. It is necessary to find the core factors that influence the job crafting, as emergency nurses deal with the most complex tasks, so as to improve their job satisfaction. OBJECTIVES To investigate the core factors of job crafting among emergency nurses. METHODS A cross-sectional design was used in the study. A total of 255 nurses were recruited from two hospitals in Zhengzhou and Shenzhen, China in December 2021. 255 nurses completed an online questionnaire. Hierarchical regression models and fsQCA models were used to explore the factors influencing job crafting among emergency nurses and helped us to identify core factors. RESULTS The hierarchical regression model and the fsQCA model found that the occupational benefit, psychological empowerment, and research experience were the core factors affecting their job crafting. Job involvement was not significant in the regression model, but the QCA model indicated that it needs to be combined with other factors to impact on job crafting. The QCA model uncovered seven key conditional configurations that led to high and low job crafting among emergency nurses, explaining 80.0% of the results for high job crafting and 82.6% of the results for the low job crafting, respectively. CONCLUSIONS The results of this study provide valuable insights into the job crafting experienced by emergency nurses. Junior emergency nurses should be granted a high level of psychological empowerment without assigning them overly complex tasks, such as research tasks, as these challenges can stop their job crafting. Intermediate and senior emergency nurses, on the other hand, can be assigned research tasks coupled with high psychological empowerment to enhance their job crafting.
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- Yu Wang
- Department of Nursing, Fuwai Central China Cardiovascular Hospital, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Nursing, Fuwai Central China Cardiovascular Hospital, Zhengzhou, China
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- Heart Failure Ward, Fuwai Central China Cardiovascular Hospital, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Nursing, Fuwai Central China Cardiovascular Hospital, Zhengzhou, China
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- College of Medicine, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing, China.
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Liu Z, Chen C, Yan X, Wu J, Long L. Analysis of the chain-mediated effects of nurses' sense of professional gain and sense of professional mission between psychological resilience and work engagement in 10 general hospitals in Sichuan province. Front Psychol 2024; 15:1309901. [PMID: 38323158 PMCID: PMC10844522 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1309901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2023] [Accepted: 01/08/2024] [Indexed: 02/08/2024] Open
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Objective To explore the chain-mediated role of sense of career benefit and sense of career mission in the mechanism of psychological flexibility's effect on nurses' work engagement. Methods Adopting the convenience sampling method, 1032 nurses in 10 general hospitals in Sichuan Province were surveyed by questionnaires using the General Information Questionnaire, Sense of Occupational Benefit Scale, Sense of Occupational Mission Scale, Psychological Flexibility Scale, and work engagement Scale in August-October 2022, and the model of the chained-mediated effect was constructed and validated. Results The total psychological resilience score of nurses in 10 general hospitals in Sichuan Province was (91.29 ± 17.38), the total score of sense of occupational benefit was (137.85 ± 21.02), the total score of sense of occupational mission was (40.27 ± 7.37), and the total score of work engagement was (34.99 ± 9.80). The total score of nurses' work engagement was positively correlated with the total scores of psychological elasticity, sense of professional benefit, and sense of professional mission (all P < 0.05). The direct effect of psychological elasticity on nurses' work engagement was significant, with an effect value of 0.321; the chain mediation effects of occupational benefit and occupational mission as separate mediators and the chain mediation effects of the two were 0.039, 0.032, and 0.062, respectively. Conclusion Nurses' work engagement in 10 general hospitals in Sichuan province is at a medium level, and occupational benefit and occupational mission play a significant role in the mechanism of the psychological elasticity's effects on nurses' work commitment, and the chain mediation effect of occupational mission in the mechanism of psychological elasticity is established. The chain mediation effect in the mechanism was established. Managers should pay attention to nurses with low psychological elasticity, improve their sense of occupational benefit, and enhance their sense of occupational mission in order to further promote the enhancement of work engagement.
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- Zhenfan Liu
- Department of Nursing, Deyang People’s Hospital, Deyang, China
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- Department of Nursing, Deyang People’s Hospital, Deyang, China
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- Department of Nursing, Sichuan Nursing Vocational College, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Nursing, Deyang People’s Hospital, Deyang, China
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- School of Nursing, Sichuan North Medical College, Nanchong, China
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Sun C, Jiang H, Yao Q, Wang X, Wen X, Liu H. Latent profile analysis of nurses' perceived professional benefits in China: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open 2023; 13:e078051. [PMID: 37918934 PMCID: PMC10626806 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-078051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2023] [Accepted: 10/18/2023] [Indexed: 11/04/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE To identify profiles of nurses' perceived professional benefits as well as their predictors. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SETTING The study was carried out online in China. METHODS From 6 July to 27 July 2022, a total of 1309 registered nurses participated in the survey by convenient sampling. We collected the Nurses' Perceived Professional Benefits Questionnaire and demographic data. Using latent profile analysis (LPA), subgroups of nurses' perceived professional benefits were identified. Moreover, univariate and multinomial logistic regression analyses were conducted to find the factors that were linked with the profiles. RESULTS The survey was validly completed by 1309 nurses, with a 92.9% effective return rate. The findings of the LPA demonstrated three unique profiles: low-perceived professional benefits (11.8%), moderate-perceived professional benefits (57.1%) and high-perceived professional benefits (31.1%). There was a correlation between marital status, the number of night shifts per month and leadership role. CONCLUSIONS According to our research, registered nurses have three unique professional benefit profiles. In order to sustain the nursing workforce, despite the fact that nurses get a high level of professional benefits, interventions are necessary to increase nurses' perception of their professional value.
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- Changli Sun
- The Third Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, Guizhou, China
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- The Third Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, Guizhou, China
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- The Third Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, Guizhou, China
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- The Third Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, Guizhou, China
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- The Third Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, Guizhou, China
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- Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, Guizhou, China
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Zhou LH, Stenmarker M, Henricson M, Mengi XH, Zhang YX, Hong JF, Browall M. Perceived professional benefits and their associated factors among Chinese registered nurses caring for women diagnosed with gynecological cancer. Eur J Oncol Nurs 2023; 66:102345. [PMID: 37689047 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejon.2023.102345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2023] [Revised: 03/27/2023] [Accepted: 04/29/2023] [Indexed: 09/11/2023]
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PROPOSE Registered nurses (RNs) are considered to be a major source of professional supportive care for women diagnosed with gynecological cancer (GC). This study described the level of perceived professional benefits and explored association between perceived professional benefits, sense of coherence (SOC), and coping strategies in Chinese RNs caring for women diagnosed with GC. METHOD A cross-sectional survey was employed to collect data using the Nurses' Perceived Professional Benefits Questionnaire (NPPBQ), Sense of coherence scale (SOC-13), and Brief Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced (Brief COPE). The questionnaires were administered to 250 RNs in China. The correlations between NPPBQ, SOC-13, and Brief COPE were evaluated with Pearson's correlation coefficient. Multiple regression analysis was performed to assess the relative contribution of each possible factor in explaining variance in the increased NPPBQ. RESULTS The total score for the NPPBQ was 142.4 (range 33.0-165.0). SOC, dysfunctional coping strategies, and problem-focused coping strategies were recognized as predictors of RNs' perceived professional benefit, while, emotion-focused coping strategies were not significantly associated with RNs' perceived professional benefits. CONCLUSIONS The findings indicate that RNs who have high levels of SOC, dysfunctional coping strategies, and problem-focused coping strategies tend to experience more perceived professional benefit. These findings propose new perspectives for nursing managers to promote RNs' perceived professional benefit by helping RNs to find meaningfulness when caring for women diagnosed with GC, increasing RNs' communication skills to improve their relationship with patients, and training RNs to use coping strategies effectively.
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- Li-Hua Zhou
- School of Nursing, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China; Nursing International Collaboration Research Center of Anhui Province, Hefei, China.
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- Department of Paediatrics, Institute of Clinical Sciences, University of Gothenburg Sahlgrenska Academy, Gothenburg, Sweden; Department of Paediatrics, Jönköping, Region Jönköping County, Sweden; Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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- Faculty of Caring Science, Work Life and Social Welfare, University of Borås, Borås, Sweden; Jönköping Academy for Improvement of Health and Welfare, IMPROVE, Jönköping University, Jönköping, Sweden
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- School of Nursing, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China; Nursing International Collaboration Research Center of Anhui Province, Hefei, China
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- School of Nursing, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China; Nursing International Collaboration Research Center of Anhui Province, Hefei, China
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- School of Nursing, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China; Nursing International Collaboration Research Center of Anhui Province, Hefei, China
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- Department of Nursing, School of Health and Welfare, IMPROVE, Jönköping University, Jönköping, Sweden; Affiliated to Dep of Oncology, Inst of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Wang M, Wang L, Lu C. Nurses' sense of organizational support, Self-esteem and perceived professional benefits: A mediating model. Nurs Open 2023; 10:2098-2106. [PMID: 36490363 PMCID: PMC10006623 DOI: 10.1002/nop2.1457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2022] [Revised: 09/22/2022] [Accepted: 10/22/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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AIM To explore the mediating role of self-esteem in the relationship between perceived organizational support and professional benefits among Registered Nurses in China. DESIGN This was an online, cross-sectional study involving 1850 nurses from six hospitals in China. METHODS Data were collected using a 4-part questionnaire including a sociodemographic questionnaire, perceived organizational support scale, self-esteem scale and brief nurses' perceived professional benefits questionnaire from September to November 2021. Structural equation modelling (SEM) was used to explore the associations among them. RESULTS Perceived organizational support was positively correlated with self-esteem and perceived professional benefits among nurses, whereas self-esteem positively predicted nurses' perceived professional benefits . Self-esteem partially mediated the relationship between the two variables. The ratio of the mediating effect to the total effect was 16.7%.
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- Mingjing Wang
- School of Nursing, Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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Li Y, Zeng X, Chen M, Hu Y, Wu J, Lu W, Liu J, Yang Q, Zhang L. Association between spiritual care competency and perceived professional benefit among nurses: A cross-sectional study. J Nurs Manag 2022; 30:3368-3377. [PMID: 36064199 DOI: 10.1111/jonm.13793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2022] [Revised: 08/18/2022] [Accepted: 09/01/2022] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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AIMS This study aimed to investigate the status quo of nurses' spiritual care competency and their relationship with perceived professional benefit. BACKGROUND Spiritual care has always been considered a vitally important part of holistic nursing. Understanding the spiritual care competency of nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic can help nursing managers understand the weak links in spiritual care practice and improve the quality of nursing service. As a positive emotional experience and cognitive evaluation of the profession, perceived professional benefit can serve to adjust work pressure, relieve job burnout, and promote an individual's overall growth. However, the relationship between perceived professional benefit among nurses and spiritual care competency remains unclear. METHODS A total of 372 nurses were recruited from 15 separate Chinese hospitals. An online questionnaire was used to assess nurses' sociodemographic, spiritual care competency, and perceived professional benefit. Statistical analyses were performed using Pearson's correlation analysis, t-test, analysis of variance (ANOVA), and multiple stepwise linear regression analysis. RESULTS The total mean score of spiritual care competency (99.43 ± 21.10) among nurses was found to be moderate. Nurses' spiritual care competency was positively correlated with perceived professional benefit (P < .01). The multiple stepwise linear regression model (n = 372) had an explained variance (R2 = 0.218) and showed that perceived professional benefit and the manner of receiving spiritual training were the main influencing factors of nurses' spiritual care competency (P < .001). CONCLUSION The study findings indicated that nurses need to improve their spiritual care competency by improving their perceived professional benefit. IMPLICATION FOR NURSING MANAGERS Our study evaluated the spiritual care competency of nurses and explored the correlation between perceived professional benefit and spiritual care competency among nurses. The results of this study can help nursing managers to carry out relevant interventions, thus improving nurses' spiritual care competency and optimizing the quality of nursing.
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- Yanjia Li
- School of Nursing, Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- School of Nursing, Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Pidu District People's Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- College of Nursing, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- School of Nursing, Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.,The First Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- School of Nursing, Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- School of Nursing, Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- School of Nursing, Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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Al Harthi M, Al Thobaity A, Almalki M, Al Ahmari W. Improving Disaster Readiness and the Response of Nurses in Saudi Arabia. Risk Manag Healthc Policy 2021; 14:4537-4544. [PMID: 34785962 PMCID: PMC8580287 DOI: 10.2147/rmhp.s325074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2021] [Accepted: 10/31/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Nurses in Saudi Arabia face several challenges in all phases of disaster nursing, such as the infancy of the specialty and a lack of education, preparedness, research, and expertise in both the clinical field and in academics. Overcoming these challenges will help both nurses and the development of the specialty itself in aspects such as policies and procedures, education, and research. Thus, the aim of this study was to explore strategies for improving disaster nursing in Saudi Arabia. METHODS A cross-sectional study with a principal component analysis (PCA) was conducted to identify the factors affecting disaster nursing in Saudi Arabia. The sample of the study was Saudi Arabian nurses, as they are first-line responders in disasters and pandemics. RESULTS From 800 distributed questionnaires, 569 completed questionnaires were returned, for a response rate of 71%. The findings of the PCA revealed two components that can be extracted from the data. The first is preparedness, which involves 13 items related to the actions that must be taken before a disaster occurs, with a loading range of 0.82 to 0.70. The second factor is the action taken after a disaster occurs, and there are seven items with a loading range of 0.83 to 0.73. CONCLUSION For improved disaster nursing, it is essential to develop evaluation tools, create specific nursing legislation for disaster situations, provide personal protective equipment to nurses to minimize the risk of infection, and encourage nurses by appreciating their efforts to minimize their stress level during a disaster. It is also important to make sufficient supplies and equipment available to nurses during a disaster and provide them with psychological support while acknowledging the importance of contact with their families and friends.
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- Manal Al Harthi
- Nursing Department, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia
- King Faisal Medical Complex, Ministry of Health, Taif, Saudi Arabia
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- Nursing Department, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia
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- Nursing Department, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia
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- Nursing Department, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia
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