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Perceived Relationship among Professional Self-Concept, Head Nurse's Leadership, and Nursing Clinical Competency by Clinical Nurses

Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration 2011;17(1):96-105.
Published online: March 31, 2011

1Head nurse, Dongguk University Gyeongju Hospital, Korea.

2Nurse, Dongguk University Gyeongju Hospital, Korea.

3Professor, Department of Nursing, Dongguk University, Korea.

Correspondence: Lee, Mi-Aie. Department of Nursing, Dongguk University 707 Sukjang-dong, Gyeongju, Gyeongbuk 780-774, Korea. Tel: 82-54-770-7672, Fax: 82-54-770-2616, juliet@dongguk.ac.kr
• Received: November 17, 2010   • Revised: January 25, 2011   • Accepted: March 19, 2011

Copyright © 2011 Korean Academy of Nursing Administration

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  • Purpose
    This study was performed to investigate the perceived relationship among professional self-concept, head nurse's leadership, and nursing clinical competency by clinical nurses.
  • Methods
    This study was a cross-sectional survey. Participants were 601 nurses working at the five general hospitals in four provincial cities, Gyeungbuk, Korea. Data were collected from July 14, 2010 to August 31 and analyzed by SPSS/PC ver 18.0 programs.
  • Results
    Professional self-concept and head nurse's leadership were slightly above the middle average, but nursing clinical competency was good. According to participants' age, marital status, job satisfaction, and length of service, there were perceptional differences in professional self-concept, head nurse's leadership, and nursing clinical competency. Nursing clinical competency could be explained by head nurse's leadership, professional self-concept, job satisfaction and length of service. Head nurse's leadership was independent variable affecting nursing clinical competency, professional self-concept was partial mediating variable, and job satisfaction and length of service were extraneous variables.
  • Conclusion
    It is concluded that head nurse's leadership is more important than professional self-concept to improve nursing clinical competency. Nursing managers should plan various strategies to improve head nurse's leadership and professional self-concept, to increase clinical nurses' job satisfaction and length of service.
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Table 1
Demographic characteristics of participants (N=601)
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Table 2
Perceived professional self-concept, head nurse's leadership and nursing clinical competency by participants (N=601)
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Table 3
Differences of perceived professional self-concept, head nurses' leadership and nursing clinical competency by participants' demographic characteristics (N=601)
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VS: Very satisfaction, VU: Very unsatisfaction

a, b, c, d, e: letters indicate a significant difference among the groups by Duncan test

Table 4
Predictors of nursing clinical competency (N=601)
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Table 5
Relationship of professional self-concept, head nurse's leadership and nursing clinical competency (N=601)
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    Perceived Relationship among Professional Self-Concept, Head Nurse's Leadership, and Nursing Clinical Competency by Clinical Nurses

    Demographic characteristics of participants (N=601)

    Perceived professional self-concept, head nurse's leadership and nursing clinical competency by participants (N=601)

    Differences of perceived professional self-concept, head nurses' leadership and nursing clinical competency by participants' demographic characteristics (N=601)

    VS: Very satisfaction, VU: Very unsatisfaction

    a, b, c, d, e: letters indicate a significant difference among the groups by Duncan test

    Predictors of nursing clinical competency (N=601)

    Relationship of professional self-concept, head nurse's leadership and nursing clinical competency (N=601)

    Table 1 Demographic characteristics of participants (N=601)

    Table 2 Perceived professional self-concept, head nurse's leadership and nursing clinical competency by participants (N=601)

    Table 3 Differences of perceived professional self-concept, head nurses' leadership and nursing clinical competency by participants' demographic characteristics (N=601)

    VS: Very satisfaction, VU: Very unsatisfaction

    a, b, c, d, e: letters indicate a significant difference among the groups by Duncan test

    Table 4 Predictors of nursing clinical competency (N=601)

    Table 5 Relationship of professional self-concept, head nurse's leadership and nursing clinical competency (N=601)

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