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. 2022 Oct;30(7):2107-2115.
doi: 10.1111/jonm.13516. Epub 2021 Dec 5.

Role of self-efficacy in nursing organizational climate: A way to develop nurses' humanistic practice ability

Mengru Bu  1 , Haiqi Ma  2 , Huimin Zhai  2 , Yue Ma  2 , Ningjun Xu  2
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Role of self-efficacy in nursing organizational climate: A way to develop nurses' humanistic practice ability

Mengru Bu et al. J Nurs Manag. 2022 Oct.

Abstract

Aim: This study aimed to investigate the impact of self-efficacy on the relationship between organizational climate and humanistic practice ability (HPA) in Chinese nurses.

Background: To date, studies on the effect of organizational climate on nursing care have focused on care outcomes rather than care processes. Thus, this effect remains poorly understood.

Methods: A total of 757 participants were sampled from three tertiary hospitals in Guangdong Province from November to December 2019; subsequently, they completed a structured electronic questionnaire. A structural equation model was used to explore the impact of nursing organizational climate on nurses' HPA.

Results: A total of 688 valid questionnaires were collected. The nurses' average HPA score was 107.82 (SD 12.47). There was a positive correlation between organizational climate and HPA (r = .409, p < .05). Additionally, self-efficacy mediated this relationship (p < .01).

Conclusions: This study provides new insights into nursing organizational climate, self-efficacy and nurses' HPA.

Implications for nursing management: The significant mediating effect of self-efficacy suggests that managers should implement nurse professional development programmes using targeted strategies to foster greater self-efficacy, which could improve the quality of care and nurse-patient relationships.

Keywords: mediating effect; nurses' humanistic practice ability; nursing organizational climate; self-efficacy; structural equation model.

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