Effects of Positive Psychological Capital and Role Conflict of Hospital nurses on Patient safety competencies

병원간호사의 긍정심리자본과 역할갈등이 환자안전역량에 미치는 영향

  • EunWha Oh (Department of Nursing, Wonkwang University) ;
  • Yukyung Ko (Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, Wonkwang University)
  • Received : 2023.09.11
  • Accepted : 2023.12.16
  • Published : 2024.03.30

Abstract

Purpose: This study was performed to determine whether positive psychological capital and role conflict among hospital nurses influence patient safety competencies. Methods: Data were collected from nurses working at one hospital with more than 800 beds in J Province. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Scheffé's test, Pearson's correlation analysis and hierarchical regression analysis using SPSS 26.0 program. Findings: In the hierarchical regression analysis, positive psychological capital, role conflict, bachelor's degree or higher as the highest level of education achieved, and three or more experiences reporting accidents impacting patient safety were found to significantly correlate with subjects patient safety competency. Among these, positive psychological capital emerged as the strongest factor, and the explanatory power of Model 4 was determined to be 38.1%. Conclusion: This study confirmed that hospital nurses' positive psychological capital and role conflict impact patient safety competency, underscoring the importance of organizational measures to increase patient safety awareness. Therefore, it is necessary to develop an educational program to strengthen hospital nurses' patient safety capabilities and conduct follow-up research to test its efficacy.

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