Department of Nursing, Steyer School of Health Professions, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Int Nurs Rev. 2017 Dec;64(4):468-475. doi: 10.1111/inr.12395. Epub 2017 Aug 8.
To examine the influence of nurses' patriotism and organizational commitment on their intention to report for work in a national emergency, in Israel.
Healthcare systems need to forecast the number of staff likely to report for work in emergencies and mass casualty events.
Patriotism and nurses' commitment to work are factors that prompt nurses to leave their families and report for duty, even knowing that they are putting themselves in danger. However, patriotism as a variable that might affect nurses' intention to report for work in emergencies has not been investigated.
A descriptive, cross-sectional survey was used with a convenience sample of 152 registered nurses. Descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation coefficients and t-tests were used to analyse the data. To examine the unique contribution of the independent variables to the explanation of the dependent variable - intention to report to work in emergency - multiple regression analysis was performed.
Significant positive correlations were found between age, seniority and research variables (organizational commitment, patriotism and intention to report for emergency work). Patriotism differed by gender, ethnicity and religion. Patriotism and gender explained 23% of the variance regarding intention to report for emergency duty, with patriotism playing a major role.
Patriotism has religious and cultural dimensions. Cultural differences explain the discrepancy in organizational commitment between Israeli-born nurses and immigrants.
Emergency training drills for nurses should feature discussions on universal ethical principles in emergency planning, preparedness and responses. The willingness of ethnic/religious minorities and immigrants to report for work in a national emergency should be taken into consideration in healthcare system disaster planning, so as to lessen the impact of disparate patriotism.
在以色列，考察护士的爱国主义和组织承诺对其参与国家紧急情况工作意愿的影响。
医疗保健系统需要预测在紧急情况和大规模伤亡事件中可能报到工作的员工人数。
爱国主义和护士对工作的承诺是促使护士离开家人报到工作的因素，即使他们知道自己将自己置于危险之中。然而，作为可能影响护士参与紧急情况工作意愿的变量，爱国主义尚未得到调查。
采用描述性、横断面调查方法，对 152 名注册护士进行了便利抽样。使用描述性统计、皮尔逊相关系数和 t 检验来分析数据。为了检验自变量对因变量（参与紧急工作的意愿）的独特贡献，进行了多元回归分析。
年龄、资历和研究变量（组织承诺、爱国主义和参与紧急工作的意愿）之间存在显著正相关。爱国主义因性别、族裔和宗教而异。爱国主义和性别解释了参与紧急任务意愿的 23%的方差，爱国主义起着重要作用。
爱国主义具有宗教和文化维度。文化差异解释了以色列出生的护士和移民之间组织承诺的差异。
护士的紧急培训演习应包括在紧急计划、准备和应对中讨论普遍的伦理原则。在医疗保健系统灾害规划中，应考虑少数民族/宗教少数群体和移民参与国家紧急情况的意愿，以减轻不同爱国主义的影响。
