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. 2020 Jan 3;20(1):12.
doi: 10.1186/s12913-019-4878-3.

Paediatric nurses' general self-efficacy, perceived organizational support and perceived professional benefits from Class A tertiary hospitals in Jilin province of China: the mediating effect of nursing practice environment

Linan Cheng  1 , Yajuan Cui  2 , Qian Chen  1 , Yansheng Ye  1 , Yingchun Liu  2 , Fengying Zhang  1 , Weiyan Zeng  1   3 , Xiuying Hu  4
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Paediatric nurses' general self-efficacy, perceived organizational support and perceived professional benefits from Class A tertiary hospitals in Jilin province of China: the mediating effect of nursing practice environment

Linan Cheng et al. BMC Health Serv Res. .

Abstract

Background: General self-efficacy is considered one of the most influential parameters affecting the quality of clinical practice and nurses' perceived professional benefits (NPPB). Perceived organizational support (POS) is regarded as being central in understanding job-related attitudes, and it is important to enhance POS for nurses to maintain their current employment. NPPB can further reduce nurses' job burnout and turn-over intention. Many studies have explored the relationships among general self-efficacy, POS, nursing practice environment (NPE) and NPPB. However, a moderating effect of NPE has not been fully explored in nurses, especially among paediatric nurses.

Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted from July to October 2018 with 300 paediatric nurses from 3 Class A tertiary hospitals in Jilin Province. The respondents completed the General Self-Efficacy Scale, Perceived Organizational Support Scale, Practice Environment Scale and Nurses' Perceived Professional Benefits Scale. The data were analyzed using path analysis and SPSS (version 23.0, IBM).

Results: General self-efficacy and POS were significantly positively associated with NPPB, which showed that the model had a good fit to the data. NPE was found to play a partial mediating role between POS and NPPB and also had a complete mediating role between general self-efficacy and NPPB.

Conclusions: The results suggest that general self-efficacy indirectly influences NPPB, and POS directly and indirectly influences NPPB by NPE. Effective measures should be taken to improve nurses' practice environment in hospitals to raise nurses' enthusiasm and confidence in their work.

Keywords: General self-efficacy; Mediating role; Nursing practice environment; Perceived organizational support; Perceived professional benefits.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

Figures

Fig. 1
Fig. 1
Hypothesized theoretical model of POS, GSE, POS and NPPB. Note. POS=Perceived Organizational Support; GSE = General Self-efficacy; NPE = Nursing Practice Environment; NPPB = Nurses’ Perceived Professional Benefits
Fig. 2
Fig. 2
The final mediating effect model of NPE Among GSE, POS and NPPB (N=300). Note. Abbreviations: POS=Perceived Organizational Support; GSE=General Self-efficacy; NPE=Nursing Practice Environment; NPPB= Nurses’ Perceived Professional Benefits. Four variables are connected by significant paths.The numbers on the straight arrows indicate the standard path coefficients. POS and GSE are connected by bidirectional arrow curves, and the number on the line indicates the correlation coefficients
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