Effect of nurses' work values on work alienation in infectious diseases hospital

Abstract

Objective To explore the effect of nurses' work values on work alienation in infectious diseases hospital.Methods A total of 196 nurses who worked in one infectious diseases hospital in Nanjing were surveyed by the Work Value Scale and Work Alienation Scale.The data was established the database through Excel,and the statistical analysis was made by PASW STATISTICS 18.0.The relationship between working value and working alienation was analyzed by Pearson analysis method,and the factors on influencing nurses' work alienation were analyzed by multiple regression.Results One hundred and ninety-six questionnaires were issued and 184 questionnaires were responsive.The average score of work alienation was (2.27 ± 0.79) ; the average score of work values was (3.48 ± 0.47),in which social work value was (3.63±0.62),the extrinsic work value was (3.80± 1.02),the prestige work value was (2.94± 0.88),the intrinsic work value was (3.50 ± 0.62).Social work value and work alienation showed significantly negative correlation (P ＜ 0.01),the extrinsic and intrinsic work values showed significantly positive correlation with work alienation (P ＜ 0.01),but the prestige and the overall work value did not show significant correlation with work alienation (P ＞ 0.05).After controlling the demographic variables,multiple regression analysis showed that the social work value had negative effect on work alienation,and the extrinsic,intrinsic,prestige of work value had positive effect on work alienation.Conclusions Infectious diseases hospital administrators should resolve extrinsic,intrinsic,prestige work values' adverse effects and promote the positive role of social work value to reduce nurses' work alienation and promote the development of nursing career in the infectious disease according to different types of work values. Key words: Nurse; Infectious diseases hospital; Work value; Work alienation