Competitive attitude of clinical nurses of Infectious Disease Department in Nantong City

Abstract

Objective To explore the competitive attitude of clinical nurses of Infectious Disease Department and its influencing factors so as to provide a basis for improving nursing management strategies of infectious disease further. Methods From April 2017 to June 2017, we selected 454 clinical nurses of Infectious Disease Department from 8 Class Ⅲ hospitals in Nantong City as subjects by convenience sampling. The Competitive Attitude Scale (CAS) was used to investigate the score of competitive attitude of clinical nurses of infectious disease department and multiple linear regression was used to analyze its influencing factors. Results Among 454 clinical nurses of Infectious Disease Department in Nantong City, the scores of benign competition attitude and excessive competition were (45.13±8.17) and (29.57±5.51) respectively. There were statistical differences in the scores of excessive competition among clinical nurses of infectious disease department with different work lives and professional titles (F=3.147, 3.556; P<0.05) . Multiple linear regression showed that the influencing factors of excessive competition included work lives and professional titles (P<0.01) . Conclusions Clinical nurses of Infectious Disease Department have the low score of competitive attitude. The work lives and professional titles are the influencing factors of excessive competition. Nursing managers of infectious disease department should establish a reasonable competitive mechanism to allow full paly to benign competition, avoid excessive competition and improve whole competitiveness. Key words: Nurses; Infections Disease Department; Competitive attitude; Investigation and analysis