Correlation research on competence and job involvement of nurses engaged in geriatric nursing
Chen Min
Guo Jiajia
Chen Juan
Abstract：Objective:To know about the status quo of competence and job involvement of nurses engaged in the geriatric nursing in maintenance center,and to probe into the correlation between them.Methods:A total of 421 nurses engaging in the elderly nursing in 5 maintenance centers received a questionnaire survey by using the general information questionnaire of geriatric nursing staff,geriatric nursing competency assessment scale,nurse job involvement scale.Results:The geriatric nursing staff's competency score was (2.19±0.38),which was in the middle level.The job purpose in general information was negatively correlated with the competency of the geriatric nursing staff.The overall score and all dimensions scores of the job involvement scale were less than 4, and was in a low level.Correlation analysis showed that the scores of all dimensions were positively correlated with job involvement of geriatric nursing staff(r=0.426-0.643).Conclusions:The administrative department should pay attention to the training of the elderly nursing staff's competence,so as to increase their job involve-ment.
Keywords：nursing staffgeriatric nursingcompetencyjob involvement
Publication Date：2017-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 1208-1211 )