A study on the current situation and influencing factors of occupational deviant behavior among nurses in tertiary hospitals in relation to career calling and moral courage
BAI Qiushuang
YANG Nini
HUI Chunyan
ZHOU Guangmin
ZHAO Mengyao
Abstract：Objective To investigate the current status of occupational deviant behavior among nurses in tertiary hospitals,and to ex-plore its influencing factors.Methods A questionnaire survey was conducted among a total of 995 nurses from three tertiary hospitals in Xi'an using the General Information Questionnaire,Nurse Occupational Deviant Behavior Scale,Calling Scale-12,and Nurse Moral Courage Scale.Results The score of occupational deviant behavior among nurses in tertiary hospitals was(42.64±6.36).Age,professional title,years of working experience,career calling and moral courage were the influencing factors of nurses'occupational deviant behavior(P＜0.05).Occu-pational deviant behavior of nurses was negatively correlated with both career calling and moral courage(r1=-0.447,r2=-0.415,all P＜0.01).Conclusion The occupational deviant behavior of nurses in tertiary hospitals is at a low level and there is a negative correlation between oc-cupational deviant behavior and career calling,as well as moral courage.Nursing managers can further reduce the occupational deviant behav-ior of nurses in tertiary hospitals by fostering nurses'career calling and enhancing their moral courage.
Keywords：nurseoccupational deviant behaviorcareer callingmoral courageinfluencing factornursing management
Publication Date：2025-09-10
Online Publishing Date：2025-11-21(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：5( 737-740,750 )