Effects of Social Support and Ego-resilience on Nursing Performance of Hospital Nurses.
- Author:
An Saeng LEE
1
;
Chi Keun YOON
;
Jin Kyu PARK
Author Information
1. Department of Nursing, Wonkwang University Hospital, Iksan, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Resilience;
Social support;
Task performance;
Nurses
- MeSH:
Hospitals, General;
Surveys and Questionnaires;
Task Performance and Analysis
- From:Korean Journal of Occupational Health Nursing
2012;21(3):283-289
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to identify the effects of the social support and ego-resilience on the nursing performance among hospital nurses. METHODS: The subjects of this study were 369 nurses in a senior general hospital. We used the self-reported questionnaire to assess the level of ego-resilience, social support and nursing performance of hospital nurses. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, frequency, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficient and stepwise multiple regression. RESULTS: This study showed the positive relationship between the social support and ego-resilience on tne the nursing performance of hospital nurses. The higher group of the social support and ego-resilience showed the more performance of hospital nurses. And, the influencing factors on the performance are age, ego-resilience, social support, night working days a month in the order. CONCLUSION: Further studies will be needed to promote the performance of nurse in hospital and policies to be develop to elevate the social support and ego-resilience of nurses.
