Qualitative study on psychological experience of new head nurses in general hospital
ZHANG Minglu
GU Weijia
MA Jingjing
Abstract：Objective To explore the psychological experience of new head nurses in general hospitals during their tenure,so as to provide a basis for developing a psychological support program for them.Methods Fourteen new head nurses were selected from 6 general hospitals in Nanjing using the purposive sampling method,and were conducted face-to-face and semi-structured interviews.Colaizzi 7-step analysis method was adopted to analyze,summarize and extract the theme.Results The psychological experience of the new head nurses can be summarized into four themes:negative experience(prominent negative emotion,intensified work-family conflict,and insufficient emotion management),positive experience(self-reflection promoted improvement,improved problem solving ability),psychological counseling needs and support from all parties to promote empowerment.Conclusion During the tenure of new head nurses,they experience negative emotion,intensified work-family conflict and insufficient emotional coping ability,as well as improved self-ref lection,and increased needs for support.It is suggested that senior hospital managers should take intervention measures,and actively explore the targeted new mode of psychological support system for them.
Keywords：General hospitalNew head nursePsychological experienceQualitative study
Publication Date：2024-08-28
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：5( 494-497,510 )