Background Novice nurses’ responsibilities are greater than what their actual level of competence can cope with. This can cause increased levels of stress, which many studies have shown is a factor resulting in reduced self-esteem, which affects not only the well-being of nurses but also the quality of care provided. Aims To investigate the relationship between the self-assessment of nursing competencies and self-esteem among novice nurses and the moderation role of the sociodemographic variables and intention to leave the nursing profession on this relationship. Material and methods A correlational cross-sectional study was performed using an online questionnaire. The study was conducted between July and October 2019 among 122 novice nurses. The study tool consisted of the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, the Nurse Professional Competence Scale-Short Version, and metrics. Calculations were performed using SPSS Statistics, version 25. To approach research questions hierarchical multiple regression was performed. Results The self-esteem level of novice nurses have been identified as low. Novice nurses who declared their willingness to leave their profession had a higher level of self-esteem than nurses who did not declare this willingness. The highest-rated competencies were in the fields of nursing care and value-based nursing care, while the lowest were in the areas of development, leadership, and the organisation of nursing care. Correlations between postgraduate education and competencies in the majority subscales were revealed. The results showed a negative correlation between self-esteem and all subscales of the competence scale. Seniority and postgraduate education were important moderators in the relationship between some competence subscales and self-esteem. Conclusion Novice nurses present a low level of self-esteem. Nurses with a higher competence level showed lower self-esteem. Developing competencies at the beginning of one’s nursing practice, which is crucial for patients’ outcomes, should be accompanied by the strengthening of novice nurses’ self-esteem. KEY MESSAGES Novice nurses with a higher level of self-esteem more often declared their willingness to leave their profession. The results showed a negative correlation between self-esteem and all subscales of the competence scale. Seniority and postgraduate education are important moderators in the relationship between some competence subscales and self-esteem.

Der Beitrag basiert auf der Grundannahme, dass Medientexte auf jeweils andere Texte rekurrieren und dass diese Rekurse durch spezifische Intertextualitätsrelationen gekennzeichnet sind. Es wird demzufolge der Versuch unternommen, Intertextualitätssignale in den als kommentierende Beiträge eingestuften Pressetexten aus polnischen Tageszeitungen zu identifizieren und zu klassifizieren. Das Ziel ist es zu zeigen, auf welche Quellen Journalisten bei ihrer Arbeit zurückgreifen und wie sie kommuniziert werden.Intertextuality relations in commenting articles in the Polish daily pressThe starting point of the paper is the idea that media texts are based on other texts, and that this recursive reference can be characterized as a particular intertextuality relation. The attempt is being made to identify and to classify signals of intertextuality in those press texts throughout the Polish daily papers that can be categorized as commenting articles. The main objective is to demonstrate which sources journalists use and how they communicate them.

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Summary Commonly, press comments lie at the border between media studies and text linguistics. In this contribution, we focus on press comments and their main characteristics by devoting our analysis to press-based social commentaries deriving from Polish daily newspapers. Aiming at highlighting differences that are present in the writing culture of German and Polish philology, we first discuss specificities apparent in the research of both philologies. In the second part of this contribution, we discuss the results of our analyses. We do so by emphasising the structure of the textual whole and – by using numerous examples – pointing out evolving syntactical and lexical characteristics. Over the course of this study, the differences in regional and local press are of particular interest.