Toscano Ferdinando, Giusino Davide, Diana Raffaello, Rahimi Pordanjani Tayebe
Department of Psychology, Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy.
Nephrology Unit, Rimini Hospital, Local Health Unit of Romagna, 47923 Rimini, Italy.
Nurs Rep. 2023 May 24;13(2):811-822. doi: 10.3390/nursrep13020071.
Innovation is crucial to an effective healthcare system, and nurses are key figures in the innovation process. A potential factor behind innovation in nursing is the creative style of nurses. Creativity is an essential component of innovation. However, the relationship between creative style and innovation is complex and involves many different factors. Among them, given the nature of the nursing profession, we propose emotional regulation, or the ability to effectively manage one's emotions. In this study, we hypothesize that two specific emotion-regulation strategies, positive reappraisal and putting into perspective, play a role in the relationship between nurses' creative style and innovative behaviors. We tested a moderated mediation model using cross-sectional data from 187 nurses working in 3 university hospitals in Bojnord, Iran, in 2019. Our results show that positive reappraisal completely mediates the relationship between creative style and innovative behaviors, while putting into perspective moderates the relationship between positive reappraisal and innovative behaviors. These results suggest that nurses with a flair for creativity may be able to implement innovative behaviors in the workplace due to their ability to understand work-related situations and events positively. This may be especially true for nurses who can adopt alternative viewpoints. Our study discusses these findings by highlighting the importance of emotional regulation mechanisms in transforming nurses' creativity into effective innovation. Finally, we provide suggestions for healthcare organizations to promote innovation as an added value in the healthcare environment and services provided.
创新对于有效的医疗保健系统至关重要，而护士是创新过程中的关键人物。护理创新背后的一个潜在因素是护士的创造性风格。创造力是创新的重要组成部分。然而，创造性风格与创新之间的关系是复杂的，涉及许多不同因素。其中，鉴于护理职业的性质，我们提出情绪调节，即有效管理自己情绪的能力。在本研究中，我们假设两种特定的情绪调节策略，积极重新评价和正确看待，在护士的创造性风格与创新行为之间的关系中发挥作用。我们使用2019年在伊朗博季诺德的3所大学医院工作的187名护士的横断面数据测试了一个有调节的中介模型。我们的结果表明，积极重新评价完全中介了创造性风格与创新行为之间的关系，而正确看待调节了积极重新评价与创新行为之间的关系。这些结果表明，具有创造力天赋的护士可能能够凭借其积极理解与工作相关的情况和事件的能力在工作场所实施创新行为。对于能够采用不同观点的护士来说可能尤其如此。我们的研究通过强调情绪调节机制在将护士的创造力转化为有效创新方面的重要性来讨论这些发现。最后，我们为医疗保健组织提供建议，以促进创新成为医疗保健环境和所提供服务中的一项附加价值。
