Needs and responsiveness of self- development in professional nursing role in the Department of nursing service, Songklanagarind Hospital

Abstract

The descriptive study aims to examine needs and responsiveness of self-development in professional nursing role of nurses working in Nursing Service Department, Songklanagarind Hospital. The subjects were recruited by purposive sampling including 8 nurse supervisors, 33 head wards, and 240 nurses have been working for more than one year. The data collected using the 3 questionnaires developed by the researcher composed of the Demographic Data Sheet, the Needs and Responsiveness of Self-Development in Professional Nursing Role Questionnaire, Problem and barrier for Self-Development Questionnaire. The instruments were approved the content validity by 3 experts. Reliability of the Needs and Responsiveness of Self-Development in Professional Nursing Role Questionnaire was 0.08 using Cronbach’s alpha coefficient. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistic. The mean scores of needs and responsiveness of self-development in professional nursing role of nurses was compared by pair t-test.

The results showed that the mean score of needs of self-development in professional nursing role of the subjects was at a high level (X = 3.71, SD = 0.58). The mean score of responsiveness of self-development in professional nursing role of the subjects was at a moderate level (X = 3.2, SD = 0.49). There was significant different between the mean score of needs and responsiveness of self-development in professional nursing role (p < 0.05). The common Problems of Self-Development were workload, nursing shortage and job burden respectively.

The finding of this study provided the useful information that could contribute to create the nursing personnel development plan appropriately.