The Relationship Of Competency,Psychological Capital And Job Performance Of Clinical Nurses In Tertiary General Hospitals

Objectives:To investigate the status and the difference of population statistics of competency,psychological capital and job performance of clinical nurses in tertiary general hospitals.To explore the relationship of competency,psychological capital and job performance and to analyze the internal mechanism of competency based on psychological capital as the mediating variable.Methods:This study took the nurses of 4 tertiary general hospitals in Anhui Province as the research object, a total of 500 nurses which was used by cluster sampling. The research instruments were the general information questionnaire, the competency questionnaire of Chinese nurses, the nurses’ psychological capital questionnaire and the job performance questionnaire. Epidata3.0 software was used for data entry and SPSS19.0software was used for analysis, including descriptive analysis, parametric analysis(t-test,ANOVA analysis), nonparametric analysis(Mann-Whitney U test for comparison between two groups, Kruskal-Wallis H test for comparison including more than two groups), spearman correlation analysis and stepwise multiple regression analysis.Results:1.The score on the competency of the clinical nurses was(313.52±41.17), average score was(3.69±0.48), the score rate of each dimension from high to low was: the empathy(4.03±0.58), self confidence(3.93±0.62), the sense of profession responsibility(3.89±0.56), initiative(3.84±0.65), the ability to interpersonal(3.80±0.61), harmony(3.72±0.96), emotion stability(3.71±0.63), analyzing judgment(3.66±0.58), learning appetite(3.65±0.66), organization and management(3.64±0.58),adaptability(3.60±0.67),impact and influence(3.45±0.75), achievement orientation(3.44±0.83), role awareness(3.44±0.83), problem-solving ability(3.22±0.62).2.The total score of nurses’ psychological capital was(90.13±14.90), and the average score was(4.51±0.75), the score rate of each dimension from high to low was optimistic(4.57±0.98), self efficacy(4.51±0.77), resilience(4.50±0.86) and hope(4.47±0.81).3.The total score of nurses’ job performance was(76.08±10.59), and the total score was(4.01±0.56), and the score rate of each dimension from high to low was interpersonal(4.00±0.56), promotion(4.08±0.64), task performance(3.60±0.63).4.Different ages, the initial degree, departments, title, duties, the nature of the employment and work experience were the influence factors of competency(P<0.05);Different ages, initial education, title, duties, the nature of employment and work experience were the influence factors of psychological capital(P<0.05); Different ages,initial education, departments, title, duties, marital status,nature of employment and work experience were the influence factors of job performance(P<0.05).5.The clinical nurses’ competency,psychological capital and job performance had a significant correlation.6.The multiple linear stepwise regression analysis for the job performance showed that work experience, psychological capita, empathy,the sense of profession responsibility, impact and influence were entered the regression equation. Variance analysis showed that the regression equation was statistically significant(F=138.843,P<0.001), a total of five variables could explain the nurses’ job performance to 62.4%.Conclusion:1.The higher the score of psychological capital and competency of clinical nurses,the better the job performance level.2.The work experience,psychological capital, empathy, the sense of profession responsibility, impact and influence of clinical nurses are contributed to the job performance.3.The clinical nurse psychological capital plays a part intermediary role in competency and job performance.