Relationships between working experiences, educational training, emotional intelligence, working environment, and nurse competency in cardiothoracic surgical ward, the tertiary hospitals

Authors

  • นฤมล ศิลวิศาล RN, Intensive care unit, Cardiothoracic Surgical Ward, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University
  • วาสินี วิเศษฤทธิ์ Assistant Professor, Faculty of Nursing, Chulalongkorn University

Keywords:

competency, working experiences, educational training, emotional intelligence, working environment, cardiothoracic surgical ward

Abstract

        The purposes of this study were to study nurse competency, emotional intelligence, working environment in cardiothoracic ward, including to examine and to search for the variables which could predict nurse competency in cardiothoracic. The samples consisted of 125 professional nurses at cardiothoracic ward in seven tertiary hospitals.  Data was collected using the questionnaires as: nurse competency, emotional intelligence, working environment.  The data were analyzed by using mean, standard deviation, Chi-square, Pearson’s product moment correlation coefficient and stepwise multiple regression analysis.

            The results were as follows: nurse competency in cardiothoracic surgical ward, emotional intelligence and working environment was at a high level (mean= 4.23, 4.01 and 4.17 respectively). Working experiences (r =.368), educational training (r= .315), emotional intelligence (r= .631) and working environment (r=.593) were positively related to nurse competency in cardiothoracic surgical ward (p<.05). Factor significantly predicted nurse competency in cardiothoracic surgical ward were working environment, emotional intelligence and working experiences at .05 level. These predictors were accounted for 53.3 percent (R2= .533).

            The results of this study suggest that nurse administrator should develop guideline to promote nurses working at cardiothoracic surgical ward to improve their better competency,

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2019-07-01

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ศิลวิศาล น, วิเศษฤทธิ์ ว. Relationships between working experiences, educational training, emotional intelligence, working environment, and nurse competency in cardiothoracic surgical ward, the tertiary hospitals. Thai J. Cardio-Thorac Nurs. [Internet]. 2019 Jul. 1 [cited 2024 Apr. 26];30(1):46-59. Available from: https://he02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/journalthaicvtnurse/article/view/200412

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