Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing (대한간호학회지)

Korean Society of Nursing Science (한국간호과학회)
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A Professional Nursing Practice Environment and Its Impact on Nurses' Task Motivation

전문간호실무를 위한 조직환경과 간호사의 근무의욕간의 관계

  • Kang So-Young (College of Nursing, Catholic University of Pusan) ;
  • Um Young Rhan (Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University) ;
  • Han Sung Suk (College of Nursing, The Catholic University)
  • 강소영 (부산카톨릭대학 간호대학) ;
  • 엄영란 (순천향대학교 의과대학 간호학과) ;
  • 한성숙 (카톨릭대학교 간호대학)
  • Published : 2005.04.01
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Abstract

Purpose: This study was aimed at (a) describing professional nursing practice environments embedded in nursing care units and (b) examining its relationships to nurses' task motivation. Method: Using the Nursing Work Index Revised (NWI-R) and the Work Preference Inventory (WPI), a descriptive study was conducted with a sample of 320 registered nurses on 26 nursing care units in one University hospital in Korea. Result: Mean scores were 12.9 on a 5-20 score range of an autonomous environment scale, 7.3 on a 3-12 score range of a collaborative environment, and 15.8 on a 7-28 score range of control over nursing practice. Nurses' age, educational level, job position, working period at the hospital and employment status were significantly related to the degree of a professional practice environment. The extent to which a professional practice environment accounted for task motivation was $19.5\%$. Conclusion: There is a certain degree of professionalism in the workplace environment that nurses perceived within the nursing care units. When nurses care for patients, the degree of task motivation depends on the work environment supporting the professional nursing practice.

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