Analysis of the status and influencing factors of oncology nurses′ organizational silence / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To explore the level of oncology nurses’ organizational silence and its influencing factors.Methods:Totally, 278 oncology nurses were recruited to fill out the General Information Questionnaire, Nurses’ Organizational Questionnaire, Perceived Social Support Scale and Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale short version.Results:The score of Nurses’ Organizational Questionnaire was (51.27±17.28), the score of acquiescent silence was (15.91±5.42), the score of defensive silence was (15.83±6.29), the score of prosocial silence was (11.03±4.16) and the score of indifferent silence was (8.50±3.46). The perceived social support and psychological reliance were negatively associated with nurses’ organizational silence ( r values were -0.364, -0.497, all P<0.01). The results of multiple linear regression analysis showed that age, degree of education, perceived social support and psychological reliance were the influencing factors of oncology nurses’ organizational silence (all P<0.05), which could explain 45.00% of the variation. Conclusions:The level of oncology nurses’ organizational silence is at a medium level, which should be improved. Nursing managers should pay attention to the phenomenon of oncology nurses’ organizational silence, and take appropriate interventions to break the phenomenon, so as to improve the job satisfaction and work efficiency of nurses’.