The Relationship between Core Competence, Job Stressor and Depression in Chinese Specialist Nurses
To this day, the professional training for Specialist Nurse have covered 9 directions in Anhui, China. This paper aims to determine the association of socio-demographic variables, core competence,job stressor and depression in Chinese specialist nurses.
302 specialist nurses in Anhui province participated in this descriptive correlation study, all data were collected through questionnaire survey including Socio-demographic and Professional Information surveys, Competency Inventory for Registered Nurse, Chinese Nursing Stressor Scale and Self-Rating Depression Scale.
The total score range of core competence was 57–210(2.53 ± 0.50).The total score of job stressors was 43–123(88.05 ± 12.69). Specialist nurses had more job stressors than general clinical nurses in dimensions of professional and career issues, workload and time pressure, interpersonal relationships and management issues (P < 0.05), but they had less job stressors than norm in dimension of resource and environmental problems(P < 0.05). The range of total scores in SDS for specialist nurses was 26–95 (47.80 ± 10.59).
There were significant relationships between core competence, job stressor and depression. This finding highlights potential foci in their joint consideration to improve competitiveness of specialist nurses.
The status of the core competence, job stressors and depression of Chinese specialist nurses is presented to the global clinical community. This paper provides intervention direction to increase the core competence of specialist.
Posted 22 May, 2020
The Relationship between Core Competence, Job Stressor and Depression in Chinese Specialist Nurses
Posted 22 May, 2020
To this day, the professional training for Specialist Nurse have covered 9 directions in Anhui, China. This paper aims to determine the association of socio-demographic variables, core competence,job stressor and depression in Chinese specialist nurses.
302 specialist nurses in Anhui province participated in this descriptive correlation study, all data were collected through questionnaire survey including Socio-demographic and Professional Information surveys, Competency Inventory for Registered Nurse, Chinese Nursing Stressor Scale and Self-Rating Depression Scale.
The total score range of core competence was 57–210(2.53 ± 0.50).The total score of job stressors was 43–123(88.05 ± 12.69). Specialist nurses had more job stressors than general clinical nurses in dimensions of professional and career issues, workload and time pressure, interpersonal relationships and management issues (P < 0.05), but they had less job stressors than norm in dimension of resource and environmental problems(P < 0.05). The range of total scores in SDS for specialist nurses was 26–95 (47.80 ± 10.59).
There were significant relationships between core competence, job stressor and depression. This finding highlights potential foci in their joint consideration to improve competitiveness of specialist nurses.
The status of the core competence, job stressors and depression of Chinese specialist nurses is presented to the global clinical community. This paper provides intervention direction to increase the core competence of specialist.