New graduate nurses'' perceptions of their work environment and coping strategies

• Main Authors: Szu-Kuang, Yu, 余斯光
• Other Authors: Mei-Sang, Yang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2000
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/77033876884247034966

碩士 === 高雄醫學大學 === 護理學研究所 === 88 === Abstract The purpose of this study was to explore how the sociodemographic data and the work-related data related to the perceptions of work environment of the newly graduated nurses and their coping strategies. Cross-sectional method was applied and 112 newly graduated nurses were involved. These nurses who filled in self-report constructive questionnaires were chosen from one medical center and two district hospitals in southern part of Taiwan. After the data were collected, four assessment instruments were used to analyze to get the results of this study: sociodemographic data, work-related data, work environment scale and coping strategy scale. The reliability and validity of these instruments were thoroughly tested. All collected data were analyzed by using the descriptive statistics, t-test, person’s correlation and analysis of covariance. The results of this study were as follows:(1) After the standardized scores in “the perceptions of work environment” being analyzed, we could see that these newly graduated nurses got the highest scores in the “relationship” dimension, the second highest in the “personal growth” and the lowest in the “system maintenance and change ”(2) The younger they were, the higher scores they get in both “involvement” and “co-worker cohesion” subscales of the “relationship” dimension; The longer they had been worked, the higher performance scores they got in the “physical comfort” subscale; Those who graduated from junior colleges had significantly higher performance scores than those who graduated from universities in “system maintenance and change” dime nsion; Those who worked in district hospitals had significantly higher scores than those who worked in the medical center in “relationship,” “personal growth ,” and “system maintenance and change” dimensions; Those who were in team work units had significa ntly higher scores than those who were in primary nursing work units in both “supervisorsupport” and “autonomy” subscales; Those who had schoolfellow in their work units got much higher scores than those who didn’t in “involvement” dimension. (3) The coping strategies that newly graduated nurses would use were ranked from the most popular, which was “seeking social resources,” followed by “planning and hoping,” “cognitive suppression,” and the least popular “emotional suppression.” And this result told us that active coping strategies were used more than suppressive strategies. (4) Those who had no schoolfellow in their work units tend to use the “emotional suppression ” coping strategy. (5) The higher perception scores the newly graduated nurses got in the “relationship” dimension (“involvement,” “co-worker cohesion,” and “supervisor support”) of the work environment scale, the more they tend to adopt the “planning and hoping” coping strategy; The higher perception scores they got in “involvement” and “supervisor support” subscales, the less they would use “emotional suppression” coping strategy; The higher scores they got in the “clarity” and “physical comfort” subscales, the more they tend to use “planning and hoping” coping strategy. As for the homogeneity of the nurses being studied, the results of this research should be carefully used, and some variables explored in this study might not be thorough enough. In the final part of this thesis, based on the results of this study, some suggestions were made on current nursing, clinical practices and further research.