Investigation on anxiety level and influence factors in new nurses

VernacularTitle:新护士入职初期焦虑状况及其影响因素分析
Author: Li NING ¹ ; Yimin LI ; Jun LU ; Lijun LIN ; Lingzhi CAI
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1. 310006 杭州市第一人民医院护理部
Keywords: Nurses; Anxiety; Influencing factors; Nursing management research
From: Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing 2014;20(36):4584-4587
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To investigate the anxiety level and to analyze influence factors of new nurses . Methods The Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS),General Self-Efficacy Scale(GSES) and Turnover Intention Questionnaire (TIQ) were used to survey among 120 news nurses.Results The new nurses had higher SAS scores(42.61 ±7.68) than the norm(China normal population)(P <0.01).There were no significant differences in anxiety level of the nurses with different sex and age , whether or not the only-child nurse , labor character , education background ,practice location , whether or not having candidates experience of failures and job satisfaction, etc.The factors influencing the nurses ’ anxiety level involved turnover intention , self-efficacy, family residence , family support , department harmonization , whether an error occurred internship , models and personality etc .Conclusions The new nurses have serious anxiety , and the effective measures should be taken to reduce the new nurses ’ psychological burden .