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Correlation of self- efficacy of nurses to deal with unexpected events with the demographic characteristics of the nurses
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Borhani F   , Abbaszadeh A , Kohan S |
| Kerman ums , f_borhani@kmu.ac.ir |
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Abstract: (37687 Views) |
| Introduction: Self-efficacy of nurses whom deal with unexpected events is valuable. One of the indexes that have close relationship with performance of nurses in real situation is feeling of self-efficacy. This study aimed to determine the correlation of self- efficacy of nurses to deal with unexpected events with the demographic characteristics of the nurses’ city of Kerman.
Methods and Materials:In this study, 484 nurses whom are working in public and private hospitals in Kerman participated in the census. The instruments for data collection were Nurses Self-efficacy to deal with Emergencies Questionnaire that was made based on Bandura Social Cognitive Theory by researchers. This questionnaire has 47 items. The validity (content validity index) was 0.92 and internal consistency of this questionnaire was 0.82. Statistical analysis was done using inferential methods of ANOVA with SPSS (v.13).
Findings: The results of this study showed that the nurses have an average self-efficiency in confrontation with unexpected events. Factors such as age, work experience, and the increase in education and experience in previous disasters had a significant correlation with average score self-efficacy (p<0.05).
Conclusion: To deal with possible unexpected events in the future is needed to increase ability of nurses. This study can determine issues and topics to increase nurses’ self- efficacy. |
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| Keywords: Self-efficacy, Nurses, Unexpected events |
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Type of Study: Research |
Subject:
nursing management & administration
Received: 2012/05/23 | Published: 2012/01/15
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