Bekalu Yemane Eshetu, Wudu Muluken Amare
Department of Public Health, Alkan College of Health Sciences, Dessie, Ethiopia.
Department of Pediatrics and Child Health Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wollo University, Dessie, Ethiopia.
SAGE Open Nurs. 2023 Feb 23;9:23779608231158976. doi: 10.1177/23779608231158976. eCollection 2023 Jan-Dec.
Nurses are the frontline force for patient care, and nursing professionalism is a key tool for quality of care. Nursing professionalism and its characteristics should be defined in accordance with the current system.
To determine the level of professionalism in nursing and its associated factors in the South Wollo Public Hospital, Northeast Ethiopia.
A multicenter hospital-based cross-sectional study design was used in South Wollo Zone Public Hospitals from March to April 2022, with 357 nurses selected using a simple random sampling method. Data were collected using a pretested questionnaire, then entered and analyzed using EpiData 4.7 and SPSS 26. Finally, predictors of nursing professionalism were identified using a multivariate logistic regression.
Of the 350 respondents, 179 (51.1%) were women and 171 (48.9%) were men, with 68.6% displaying high levels of professionalism. Being women (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 2.93, 95% CI [1.718, 5.000]), having a positive self-image (AOR = 2.96, 95% CI [1.421, 6.205]), having a good organizational culture (AOR = 3.16, 95% CI [1.587, 6.302]), being a member of the nursing association (AOR = 1.95, 95% CI [1.137, 3.367]), and nurses who were satisfied with their job were significantly associated with nursing professionalism.
In this study, the level of nursing professionalism was encouraging but needed more effort. Furthermore, sex, self-image, organizational culture, nursing association membership, and job satisfaction were positive predictors of nursing professionalism. As a result, hospital administrations consider factors that maintain a pleasant institutional working environment to foster a positive self-image and increase job satisfaction.
护士是患者护理的一线力量，护理专业性是保障护理质量的关键工具。护理专业性及其特征应根据当前体系来界定。
确定埃塞俄比亚东北部南沃洛公立医院护理专业性水平及其相关因素。
2022年3月至4月，在南沃洛地区公立医院采用多中心基于医院的横断面研究设计，通过简单随机抽样方法选取357名护士。使用经过预测试的问卷收集数据，然后使用EpiData 4.7和SPSS 26录入并分析数据。最后，通过多变量逻辑回归确定护理专业性的预测因素。
在350名受访者中，179名（51.1%）为女性，171名（48.9%）为男性，68.6%表现出较高的专业性水平。女性（调整优势比[AOR]=2.93，95%置信区间[CI][1.718, 5.000]）、拥有积极的自我形象（AOR=2.96，95% CI[1.421, 6.205]）、拥有良好的组织文化（AOR=3.16，95% CI[1.587, 6.302]）、是护理协会成员（AOR=1.95，95% CI[1.137, 3.367]）以及对工作满意的护士与护理专业性显著相关。
在本研究中，护理专业性水平令人鼓舞，但仍需进一步努力。此外，性别、自我形象、组织文化、护理协会成员身份和工作满意度是护理专业性的积极预测因素。因此，医院管理部门应考虑维持良好机构工作环境的因素，以培养积极的自我形象并提高工作满意度。
