The Effects of Rehabilitation Hospital Nurses' Professional Autonomy and Self-Efficacy on Professional Self-Concept

Abstract

The aim of this descriptive correlation research was determine the factors affecting the professional self-concept of nurses working at rehabilitation hospitals. The data were collected from 192 nurses working at three rehabilitation hospitals with less than 300 beds in B City and at two in D City from May 1 to 30, 2015, and then analyzed using the SPSS Win 18.0 program. They scored 3.03 for professional autonomy, 3.43 for self-efficacy, and 3.25 for professional self-concept on average; professional autonomy was positively correlated with the professional self-concept and self-efficacy was strongly positively correlated with the professional self-concept. The professional self-concept generally accounted for 46.9% and the self-efficacy had the greatest impact on the professional self-concept, accounting for 33%. Based on these results, it is necessary to help rehabilitation hospital nurses improve their self-efficacy and develop standardized professional education programs to give them pride and dignity.

Adaptación Conceptual y Métrica de la Escala Profesional Quality of Life Scale en Población de Psicólogos Argentinos

“…Afterwards, the analyses of construct validity and internal consistency were conducted, which were found to be in agreement with the antecedents that contributed with empirical evidence about the instrument (Dinç & Ekinci, 2019;Fukumori et al, 2016;Galiana et al, 2017;Kim & Choi, 2019;Morante Baradero et al, 2005;Shen et al, 2015;Stamm, 2005). The preliminary analysis of the items allowed the obtaining of evidence of univariate normality of the statements in the scale.…”

“…This is how it can be understood that the dynamic interaction of dimensions is essential to take in the impact that working with trauma has on the professionals of mental health. Moreover, the Compassion Satisfaction dimension explained the 15.2 % of the variance; while Burnout, the 29.3 %; and the Compassion Fatigue, the 36.3 %, data resembling the original version and the adaptations made in other countries (Dinç & Ekinci, 2019;Fukumori et al, 2016;Galiana et al, 2017;Kim & Choi, 2019;Morante Baradero et al, 2005;Shen et al, 2015;Stamm, 2005). Additionally, all the factor weights were higher than .30, defined as moderate and high in agreement with what was reported in previous research (Brown, 2006;Evans, 1996;Hair, et al, 2006;Nunnally & Bernstein, 1994), which determined that the 30 items distributed in the three proposed dimensions contribute to measure those dimensions in a consistent way and in a combined way for the Professional Quality of Life of Argentinian Psychologists.…”

“…The ProQOL (Stamm, 2005), originally developed in English, has been translated into approximately 27 languages, including Spanish (Morante-Benadero et al, 2005). At international level, studies have been conducted on psychometric properties in China, Korea, Japan, Turkey, Spain and Brazil, with adequate fits and reliability of estimates (Dinç & Ekinci, 2019;Fukumori et al, 2016;Galiana et al, 2017;Kim & Choi, 2019;Shen et al, 2015). In the same way, the creators of this inventory encourage its diffusion and translation into other languages (Stamm, 2005).…”