The relationship between colleague support and colleague solidarity of nurses / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To understand the status of colleague support and colleague solidarity of nurses,and explore the relationship between colleague support and colleague solidarity.Methods A total of 231 nurses from Zhengzhou City were chosen using convenience sampling method to complete the questionnaire survey about colleague support and colleague sohdarity.Results The nurses' colleague support scored (76.34±2.75) totally and colleague solidarity scored (64.63±4.25) totally.In dimensions of nurses' perception of colleague support,head nurse support,support result,cooperation,sympathy establishment,awareness increasing were positively correlated with emotional unity dimension of colleague solidarity (r=0.32,0.26,0.27,0.30,0.28,all P＜ 0.05);head nurse support,support result,cooperation,awareness increasing,goal setting,action projects were positively correlated with academic unity dimension of colleague solidarity (r=0.30,0.28,0.25,0.29,0.27,0.26,all P ＜ 0.05);head nurse support,support result,cooperation,awareness increasing,action projects and process management were negatively correlated with negative views of colleague solidarity (r=-0.31,-0.27,-0.30,-0.23,-0.24,-0.27,all P ＜ 0.05).Conclusions Improving the nurse colleague-peer support can improve degree of colleague solidarity.