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Caring efficacy: nurses’ perceptions and relationships with work-related factors

Background and aim of the work: Caring nursing practice is central aspect of quality of services. It is important to assess nurses’ caring experience in terms of perceived caring efficacy to make them aware of their outcomes and improve their strategies. The aims of the study was to analyze: (1) the...

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Autores principales: Aviles Gonzalez, Cesar Ivan, Galletta, Maura, Chessa, Elsa, Melis, Paola, Contu, Paolo, Jimenez Herrera, Maria Francisca
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Publicado: Mattioli 1885 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7233628/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31714503
http://dx.doi.org/10.23750/abm.v90i11-S.8684
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author Aviles Gonzalez, Cesar Ivan
Galletta, Maura
Chessa, Elsa
Melis, Paola
Contu, Paolo
Jimenez Herrera, Maria Francisca
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Galletta, Maura
Chessa, Elsa
Melis, Paola
Contu, Paolo
Jimenez Herrera, Maria Francisca
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description Background and aim of the work: Caring nursing practice is central aspect of quality of services. It is important to assess nurses’ caring experience in terms of perceived caring efficacy to make them aware of their outcomes and improve their strategies. The aims of the study was to analyze: (1) the caring efficacy level, (2) differences between the caring efficacy levels concerning positive and negative work attitudes, (3) individual and organizational predictors of perceived caring efficacy. Methods: 200 nurses were recruited from a University Hospital in Southern Italy. A self-reported questionnaire was administered. T-test was performed to analyze differences between caring efficacy levels concerning outcomes variables. Regression analysis was carried out to examine how some work factors were related to perceived caring efficacy. Results: Participants referred high confidence to care (CC) for 55%, and low doubts and concerns (DC) for 72.9%. Nurses who had low DC had lower emotional exhaustion than nurses with moderate DC. Nurses with low DC had higher job satisfaction than nurses with high DC. Regarding CC levels, there were no differences between mean values for both attitudes at work. The emotional dissonance significantly predicted DC and CC. The supervisor support had a negative link with emotional dissonance, which in turn was negatively related to CC. Conclusions: Education and training should be addressed to reduce doubts and concerns to care and improve the ability to manage emotions. A work environment that value caring and give support in managing emotions can reduce emotional dissonance and improve caring self-efficacy. (www.actabiomedica.it)
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spelling pubmed-72336282020-05-19 Caring efficacy: nurses’ perceptions and relationships with work-related factors Aviles Gonzalez, Cesar Ivan Galletta, Maura Chessa, Elsa Melis, Paola Contu, Paolo Jimenez Herrera, Maria Francisca Acta Biomed Original Article: Exploring Healthcare Professionals' Perception of Their Work Background and aim of the work: Caring nursing practice is central aspect of quality of services. It is important to assess nurses’ caring experience in terms of perceived caring efficacy to make them aware of their outcomes and improve their strategies. The aims of the study was to analyze: (1) the caring efficacy level, (2) differences between the caring efficacy levels concerning positive and negative work attitudes, (3) individual and organizational predictors of perceived caring efficacy. Methods: 200 nurses were recruited from a University Hospital in Southern Italy. A self-reported questionnaire was administered. T-test was performed to analyze differences between caring efficacy levels concerning outcomes variables. Regression analysis was carried out to examine how some work factors were related to perceived caring efficacy. Results: Participants referred high confidence to care (CC) for 55%, and low doubts and concerns (DC) for 72.9%. Nurses who had low DC had lower emotional exhaustion than nurses with moderate DC. Nurses with low DC had higher job satisfaction than nurses with high DC. Regarding CC levels, there were no differences between mean values for both attitudes at work. The emotional dissonance significantly predicted DC and CC. The supervisor support had a negative link with emotional dissonance, which in turn was negatively related to CC. Conclusions: Education and training should be addressed to reduce doubts and concerns to care and improve the ability to manage emotions. A work environment that value caring and give support in managing emotions can reduce emotional dissonance and improve caring self-efficacy. (www.actabiomedica.it) Mattioli 1885 2019 2019-11-11 /pmc/articles/PMC7233628/ /pubmed/31714503 http://dx.doi.org/10.23750/abm.v90i11-S.8684 Text en Copyright: © 2019 ACTA BIO MEDICA SOCIETY OF MEDICINE AND NATURAL SCIENCES OF PARMA http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7233628/
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