Effects of chief nurses' integrity leadership and work environment on work adjustment in newly recruited nurses

Abstract

Objective To explore the chief nurses' integrity leadership, the nurses' work environment, the current status of the new job nurses' adaptation level, and analyze the relevance, to provide a basis for targeted new nurse training. Methods The newly recruited nurses from totally 4 Class Ⅲ hospitals in Wenzhou were selected by convenient sampling and investigated with the general information questionnaire, Chief Nurses' Integrity Leadership Scale, Nurse Work Environment Scale and Chinese Work Adjustment Scale between June and September 2018. Totally 296 questionnaires were distributed, and 282 of them were collected, with a successful collection rate of 95.27%. Results The work adjustment, chief nurses' integrity leadership and work environment in the 282 newly recruited nurses totaled (61.36±8.95) , (40.09±9.53) and (100.50±12.35) , respectively. Chief nurses' integrity leadership behavior and work environmental scores were positively correlated with work adjustment scores (P<0.05) . Multivariate linear regression analysis showed that chief nurses' leadership behavior and nurses' work environment and educational background were the influencing factors to the work adjustment of the newly recruited nurses (P<0.01) . Conclusions The work adjustment scores of newly recruited nurses are at low levels. Chief nurses' leadership behavior and nurses' work environment and educational background were the influencing factors to the work adjustment of newly recruited nurses, indicating that clinical nursing managers should take measures to improve chief nurses' integrity leadership behavior as well as nurses' work environment in order to improve the work adjustment of newly recruited nurses and ensure the quality of clinical nursing service. Key words: Nurses; Newly recruited nurses; Integrity leadership; Work environment; Work adjustment