J Korean Acad Soc Nurs Educ.  2020 May;26(2):101-110. 10.5977/jkasne.2020.26.2.101.

Effects of ego-resilience, nursing professionalism and empathy on clinical competency of general hospital nurses

• Kim S
• Park H

• KMID: 2503040
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5977/jkasne.2020.26.2.101

Abstract

Purpose
The purpose of this study was to identify the effects of ego-resilience, nursing professionalism and empathy on clinical competency and to suggest strategies for improving the clinical competency of general hospital nurses.
Methods
Data collection was performed from Jan. 18th, 2019 to Feb. 14th. A total of 194 nurses from four general hospitals participated in this study. The collected data were analyzed with descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Kruskal-Wallis test, Scheffe test, Pearson's correlation and stepwise multiple regression analysis using SPSS 23.0.
Results
The factors affecting the clinical competency of general hospital nurses included ego-resilience (β=.28, p<.001), nursing professionalism (β=.20, p=.011), empathic concern (β=.19, p=.003), working department (β=-.17, p=.008), total clinical career (β=.15, p=.011), and number of beds (β=.13, p=.033). These factors accounted for 33.0% of the clinical competency (p<.001).
Conclusion
It is important to find ways to improve the level of empathy of general hospital nurses and there is a need to include education programs or practical interventions to strengthen empathy at the clinical level.

Keyword

Nurses; Psychological resilience; Professionalism; Empathy; Clinical competence; 간호사; 자아탄력성; 간호전문직관; 공감능력; 임상수행능력