Nurse managers' perceptions and experiences of caring behavior for clinical nurses: a multicenter survey

BMC Nursing - Tập 22 - Trang 1-14 - 2023
Lulu Liao1,2, Fengjian Zhang1, Yan Zhang3, Chunyan Guan1, Guihua Xu4, Changrong Yuan5, Xiufen Yang6, Lei Huang1,2, Wei Wang1,2, Xiaoxiao He1,2, Juan Xu1, Yilan Liu1,2
1Department of Nursing, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
2School of Nursing, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
3School of Medicine and Health Management, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
4School of Nursing, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China
5School of Nursing, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
6Department of Geriatric, Shenzhen People’s Hospital (The First Affiliated Hospital, Southern University of Science and Technology), Guangdong, China

Tóm tắt

Humanistic care management is a necessary measure to improve the motivation and initiative of clinical nurses and is the foundation to improve the quality of nursing. Understanding the current status and identifying the influencing factors that promote or hinder humanistic care behaviors is essential. This study investigated the current status and experiences of nurse managers' caring behaviors toward clinical nurses. We conducted a mixed-methods study with an explanatory sequential design. A survey on the nurse managers' caring behaviors in 101 hospitals from 23 provinces and four municipalities in China was investigated (n = 2022). Then, semi-structured interviews were conducted to obtain information about the participants’ experiences associated with the performance of caring behaviors (n = 27). Survey data demonstrated that the nurse managers' overall caring behaviors were moderately good. The total scoring rate was 88.55%, and the overall score was 161.19 ± 20.68. Qualitative data revealed that the capacity of nurse managers and clinical nurses, opportunity, and motivation to implement humanistic care are key influencing factors of caring behaviors. The results suggested that intrinsic motivation, organizational support, and the humanistic care capabilities of clinical nurses and nurse managers are vital to implementing care behaviors. Thus, successful humanistic care management requires a concerted effort at the individual and organizational levels.

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