The relationship between Social Support and Nursing Performance among Korean Clinical Nurses

This study aims to understand the relationship between social support and nursing performance among clinical nurses and to provide basic data for developing nursing interventions for job performance along with recognizing the importance of social support. Data was collected from 160 clinical nurses working in one University Medical Center in Gyeonggi province from 2nd to 8th of September, 2013, and analyzed using SPSS Window 18.0 program. The instruments used for this study were the Social Support Measurement Scale developed by Jiwon Park (1985) and modified by Kyong hee Kim (2008)and the Nursing Performance Scale developed by Yookyoung Ko, Taewha Lee& Jiyoing Lim (2007) based on the Components of Individual Measurement by Van deVen& Ferry(1980). The results were as follows. 1. The mean score of social support level of nurses was 3.44±0.48 out of 5. Among the lower category, informative support showed the highest score with 3.53±0.55, material support with 3.41±0.60 and appraisal support with 3.38±0.57 in the order of highest to lowest. The mean score of nursing performance level of them was 3.64±0.41 out of 5. Among the lower category, job performance competency showed the highest score with 3.72±0.47, job performance improvement with 3.67±0.49, job performance attitude with 3.59±0.47 and nursing process for clinical application with 3.51±0.56. 2. Level of nursing performance showed significant differences according to age, marital status, educational level, total career, current department career and position while the level of social support showed a significant difference only in total career. 3. There was a positive correlation between social support and nursing performance showing a significantly positive correlation between the lower category of social support and nursing performance. 4. Analysis on the factors influencing on nursing performance has showed that social support had a greater impacton the charge nurses' performance than the staff nurses'. This study has revealed that there was a significant correlation between social support and nursing performance among clinical nurses and social support appeared to affect nursing performance. Thus it is necessary to develop a program to enhance the social support for clinical nurses.

Author dc:creator

• 우, 혜진

Contributors dc:contributor

• 유, 미애
• 대학원 간호학과
• 201224073

• 간호업무성과
• 임상간호사
• 사회적 지지
• clinical nurse
• social support
• nursing performance

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ko

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