Effects of Creative Nursing Practice on Hospital Nurses' Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment

Abstract

Purpose: This study was done to: (a) examine relationships between creative nursing practice and job satisfaction, and organizational commitment that nurses perceive in a hospital, and (b) identify creative nursing practice factors affecting job satisfaction and organizational commitment. Method: Using self-report questionnaires including 25 items of the Creative Nursing Practice Index, a descriptive study was conducted with a sample of 387 nurses working in the nursing care units of a general hospital in Seoul, Korea. Data were analyzed, using independent t-test, ANOVA, Pearson correlation, and hierarchical multiple regression analysis. Result: The mean score for nurses performance of creative practice was (range 1 to 4). Creative nursing practice had positive correlation with nurses' job satisfaction (r=.427, p=.158, p=.010), making new knowledge (=.257, p=.209, p=.192, p=.002), making new knowledge (=.158, p=.028), searching ideas (=.254, p=.250, p=.003), and validating ideas (=.189, p=.036). Conclusions: The results indicate a need to develop nurses' creative competency to pursue quality care as well as increase nurses' job satisfaction and organizational commitment.