Effect of employee assistance program service on clinical nurses' occupational delay satisfaction and professional identity / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the effect of employee assistance program service on clinical nurses' occupational delay satisfaction and professional identity. Methods A total of 106 clinical nurses were divided into observation group and control group by random number table with 53 cases each. The control group gave general support psychological care through the manner in which the head nurse talked, and the observation group provided employee assistance program services on this basis through group counseling and individual psychological counseling. Before and after the intervention, the occupational delay satisfaction scale and nurse occupational identity scale were used to assess them. Results There were 53 valid samples in the final observation group and 47 effective samples in the control group. There was no significant difference in the occupational delay satisfaction scale and nurse occupational identity scale before intervention between two groups. After the intervention, the occupational delay of the observation group nurse met the total score (24.01±4.57) points, which was higher than that of the control group (16.09 ± 3.65) points. The difference was statistically significant (t=8.543, P <0.05). After the intervention, the occupational identity of nurses in the observation group was (96.46±7.88) points, which was higher than that of the control group (81.05±6.79) points. The difference was statistically significant (t=9.347, P<0.05). Conclusions The employee assistance program service has effectively increased nurses' occupational delay satisfaction and professional identity.