The result of participative management in after-hours practice of anesthetic nurses at Udonthani hospital

Abstract

This a descriptive study about the results of participative management in after-hours practice of anesthetic nurses at Udonthani hospital. The population of this research consisted of 40 anesthetic nurses from Udonthani hospital, during June to August 2015. A questionnaire about the results of participative management in after-hours practice of anesthetic nurses at Udonthani hospital was used as the research instrument, created by the researcher according to the conceptual framework based on the Cohen and Uphoff concept. A validation was carried out by 3 experts, with the reliability by Cronbach’s Alpha Coefficient was 0.97.

The research found that 97.5% of the sample group were female, in the age range of 31-45 years. 92.5% had a Bachelor’s degree. 57.3% were married. Most of them had a monthly income between 25,001 to 40,000 THB. 40% had work experience between 10-20 years, with 50% had work experience as a anesthetic nurses for less than 10 years. 65% had after-hours responsibilities. The overall score of participative management in after-hours practice was very high (mean 3.68 S.D. 1.48). When comparing the mean scores for participative management in after-hours practice of anesthetic nurses to general data, it was found there was no statistical significant difference on all data. Half of them (52.5%) had high satisfaction level on the team’s extra staffing in after-hours of 52.5% was very high. The correlation between personal factors with satisfaction level to administration of team’s in after-hours was evaluated, this was statistical significant correlation (p < .001) in the person’s age, monthly income, work experience,work experience as anesthetic nurses and responsibilities in afterhours.

Suggestions : The result can be used by the Nursing Administration for adjusting after hours practice schedules for nurse anesthetists to better suit the workload and for supporting considerations in recruiting personnel for the nurse anesthesia division.