Purpose
This study aimed to develop a colleague solidarity scale for nurses and to verify its validity and reliability.
Methods
Initial items were extracted through an extensive literature review and in-depth interviews with twelve clinical nurses. These items were subjected to content validity testing by ten experts and face validity testing by five nurses. Subsequently, the final tool was developed using a validity and reliability test comprising 53 preliminary items. Survey data were collected from 548 hospital nurses.
Results
In the exploratory factor analysis, four factors and 33 items were selected, yielding a total cumulative variance ratio of 66.7%. Through the confirmatory factor analysis, the final tool consisting of 4 factors and 31 items was developed. The factors were as follows: “mutually beneficial community,” “nurse identity.” “rigid organizational experience,” and “supportive interaction.” These factors were verified through convergent and discriminant validity testing. The internal consistency reliability was acceptable (Cronbach’s ⍺= .94).
Conclusion
This tool can serve as the basis for developing programs and strategies to strengthen solidarity among nurses by identifying the current level of colleague solidarity among hospital nurses and enhancing their understanding of it.

Purpose
This study aimed to define and clarify the concept of colleague solidarity experienced by nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: A hybrid model method was used to investigate the dimensions, attributes, and definitions of the concept. In the theoretical phase, 20 articles selected through literature review by including nursing and related disciplines were analyzed. For the fieldwork phase, in-depth interviews were conducted with nine nurses who took care of infected patients with COVID-19 at Infectious Diseases Specialized Hospital. Results: The dimensions identified were consistently observed in the field phase, however, more attributes were found newly from the fieldwork phase. In the final phase, the concept of colleague solidarity among the nurses was found to have three dimensions with nine attributes. The interaction dimension had four attributes as voluntary support, mutual respect, open communication, and virtuous circle. The motivation dimension had two attributes of sense of communion and calling. Lastly, the relationship dimension had three attributes of unity, mutually equal relationship, and comradeship. Conclusions: This study is meaningful in observing how the concept of colleague solidarity, which is relatively unfamiliar to domestic nurses, appears in the clinical field during a national crisis and analyzing the concept.

Citations

• Korean Hospital Nurses’ Experiences with COVID-19: A Meta-Synthesis of Qualitative Findings
  Suk-Jung Han, Hee-Jung Hong, Bok-Soon Shin
  Healthcare.2024; 12(9): 903.     CrossRef
• Development of Colleague Solidarity Scale for Nurses
  Moon Yeon Kong, Nah-Mee Shin
  Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration.2024; 30(5): 504.     CrossRef
• Effects of Job Stress, Social Support, and Infection Control Fatigue on Professional Quality of Life among Nurses in Designated COVID-19 Hospitals
  Minyoung Shin, Woojoung Joung
  Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration.2023; 29(5): 603.     CrossRef
• Factors influencing burnout among Korean nurses caring for patients with COVID-19: a cross-sectional study
  Seon Yeong Lee, Mi-Ae You, Jeong Ah Ahn, Eun Ji Seo
  Journal of Korean Biological Nursing Science.2023; 25(4): 276.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
This study was conducted to identify the influence of nurse manager and peer group caring behaviors as perceived by nurses on intention to retention.
METHODS
The participants for this study were 229 nurses who had worked for over 6 months in general hospitals located in J province. Survey data were analyzed descriptive statistics and t-tests, ANOVAs with Scheffé's post-hoc testing, Pearson's correlation coefficients, and hierarchical regression analysis.
RESULTS
The scores for ‘manager and peer group caring behaviors’ and intention to retention were all at a moderate level, although the subjects perceived ‘peer group caring behaviors’ as higher compared to ‘manager caring behaviors’. There were significant differences in ‘manager caring behaviors’ scores by suitability for present working department and employment status and in ‘peer group caring behaviors’ scores by suitability for present working department. The factors influencing nurses' intention to retention were religion, suitability for present department, clinical experience of over ten years, ‘manager caring behaviors’, and ‘peer group caring behaviors’ CONCLUSION: To improve nurses' intention to retention, it may be necessary to alter the transfer and arrangement strategies of their working environments to better consider nurses' aptitude and competence, and thereby increase both manager and peer group caring behaviors.

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  Heba A.E. Ali, Magda A. Elmolla, Sahar H. Aly El Banan
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  Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration.2020; 26(2): 110.     CrossRef
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  Dae Yeon Lee, Sook Young Kim
  The Korean Journal of Rehabilitation Nursing.2020; 23(2): 149.     CrossRef
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  Ji Yeon Lee, Juh Hyun Shin
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