英文摘要 |
The purposes of this study were to understand the professional commitment of nurses and the relationship between professional commitment and personal characteristics, family status, and work background. The design was correlational using purposive sampling. Six hundred seventy (670) nurses at district hospitals in Kaohsiung Hsien area were recruited into this study. Five hundred seventy-five (575) nurses responded which resulted in an 85.8% response rate. To achieve the purposes of this study, the Professional Commitment Scale questionnaire, developed by Lu (1998), was used with permission. Data were analyzed using percentage, mean, standard deviation, correlation, ANOVA, post hoc comparison, and multiple regression. Results were as follows. 1) The average score of overall professional commitment was 2.80 (range 1-4) which indicated a mid-range score. The average scores of professional commitment factors willingness of effort, maintaining membership, intrinsic value of work, and belief in goals and values were 2.65, 3.04, 2.76, 2.95, respectively (range 1-4). 2) A significant difference was found between belief in goals and values and marital status. Nurses who graduated from the institute of technology and university had high scores. 3) A positive correlation was found between family support and the overall score of professional commitment . A positive correlation was found between the safety of children's care and overall professional commitment, and the factors of willingness of effort, maintaining membership, and intrinsic value of work. 4) Multiple regression analysis showed that family support was the only predictor of professional commitment and accounted for 21% of the total variance. 5) Logistic regression analysis showed that job credential was the only predictor of professional commitment and accounted for 8.5% of the total variance. The findings serve as reference for nursing administrators at district hospitals in recruiting and retaining nurses. |