Influence of new nurses' perception of head nurses' authentic leadership and hospital safety climate on their safety attitude
ZHAI Mingrui
LI Ling
Abstract：Objective To investigate the influence of new nurses' perceived head nurses' authentic leadership behavior and hospital safety climate on their safety attitude, and to provide theoretical basis for the construction of hospital nursing safety culture.Methods Totally, 396 new nurses were surveyed by general information questionnaire, authentic leadership scale, hospital safety climate evaluation scale and safety attitude scale.Results New nurses' perceived head nurses' authentic leadership scored (42.87±8.02), hospital safety climate scored (79.98±13.24), and the safety attitude score of new nurses was (118.04±19.21).The total score of the head nurses' authentic leadership behavior and each dimension score were positively correlated with the safety attitude score of new nurses (P<0.01), while the total score of the hospital's safety atmosphere and each dimension score were negatively correlated with the safety attitude score (P<0.01).Education, authentic leadership behavior and hospital safety climate were the main factors influencing new nurses' safety attitude.Conclusion The new nurses' safety attitude can be improved by improving the head nurse's authentic leadership behavior and creating a good hospital safety climate.
Keywords：new nursesauthentic leadershipsafety climatesafety attitudenursing management
Publication Date：2019-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 229-232 )