Professional identity of dental clinic nurses and its correlation with job burnout and organizational affective commitment
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-2907.2019.23.015
- VernacularTitle:口腔门诊护士职业认同现状及其与职业倦怠和组织感情承诺的相关性分析
- Author:
Yu CHEN
1
;
Lichuan ZHANG
;
Qian LU
;
Chunli WANG
;
Xiu'e LI
Author Information
1. 北京大学护理学院
- Keywords:
Oral medicine;
Ambulatory care;
Professional identity;
Job burnout;
Organizational affective commitment;
Mediating effects
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2019;25(23):2976-2982
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective? To investigate the status of professional identity,job burnout and organizational affective commitment of dental clinic nurses and analyze their correlation. Methods? Cross-sectional study was carry out on 275 dental clinic nurses from 14 Class Ⅲ hospitals in Beijing, as measured by Professional Identity Scale, the Revised Edition of the Maslach Burnout Inventory-General Survey and the Affective Commitment Scale(ACS). The statistical analysis performed by SPSS 24.0 and Amos 21.0 software. Results? The score of Professional Identity Scale of 237 dental clinic nurses was(121.34±20.34), moreover the nurse who working in general hospitals exhibited higher score than in dental-specialized hospitals,the difference was statistically significan(t P=0.041). The score of the Revised Edition of the Maslach Burnout Inventory-General Survey of 237 dental clinic nurses was (1.96±1.02),the average score of entries of ACS was (4.07±0.79). The results of the analysis showed that the professional identity scores of nurses with different working years were statistically different (P＜0.05). The scores of nurses with different working years, academic qualifications and professional titles were statistically different on Job burnout (P＜0.05). Moderate correlations were found among the scores of professional identity, job burnout and organizational affective commitment (P＜0.001), while organizational affective commitment had an intermediate effect between professional identity and job burnout, accounting for 31.5% of total effects. Conclusions? The status of professional identity and organizational affective commitment of dental clinic nurses in tertiary hospitals is at moderate-to-high level, and the status of job burnout in most of them is at low-to-moderate level. Moderate correlations are found among them, while organizational affective commitment plays an intermediate role between professional identity and job burnout. In order to reduce job burnout and establish harmonious and stable working environment, nurse administrators should implement intervention to improve professional identity and enhance organizational affective commitment.
