Research in the related mechanism of nurse career growth / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the related mechanism of clinical nurses′career growth from three aspects such as organization, family and oneself. Methods Totally 480 clinical registered nurses from eight tertiary first- class hospitals of Tianjin City were investigated with the Proactive Personality Scale, Psychological Safety Climate Scale, Work- Family Support Scale,Career Growth Scale by convenient sampling method. Results Latent interaction structural equation modeling (SEM) showed that family support and work support both had a positive effect on career growth, whose path coefficient were 0.42 and 0.26 respectively, P0.05. Hierarchical regression analyses showed that proactive personality had a negative effect on the relationship of work support and career growth whose regression coefficient was -0.148, P<0.01, and psychological safety climate had a positive effect on the relationship of work support and career growth whose regression coefficient was 0.178, P<0.05. Conclusions In order to promote clinical nurses′career growth, the construction of nurse team and improve quality of nursing, hospital and nurse managers should construct a favorable work atmosphere, provide more support, attach importance to the effect of individual personality on career growth and help nurse deal with work and family well.