Fitting and its influencing factors in ICU nurses

Abstract

Objective To explore the fitting and its influencing factors of ICU nurses. Methods There were 268 nurses recruited from the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi′an Jiaotong University, the Ninth Hospital of Xi′an, Shaanxi Provincial People′s Hospital by convenience sampling between April and June 2018. The Fitting Scale, Social Undermining Scale, Perceived Organizational Support Scale and Supportive Communication Scale were used in the investigation. Results The score of person-organization fit was (32.20±5.17). The score of person-job fit was (55.14±8.24), with the lowest score of supply-value fit subscale (2.58±0.48). The score of perceived organizational support, social undermining and supportive communication were (45.36±9.64), (46.27±7.48) and (68.47±11.25) respectively. Perceived organizational support, social undermining, contract nurses, and educational level could influence person- organization fit, which could explain 59.3% of the total variation. Working time, supportive communication and perceived organizational support could influence person- job fit, which could explain 47.6% of the total variation. Conclusions Nursing managers should improve the core value system of human resources management and organizational culture construction, enhance organizational support, construct humanities environment and coping strategy of undermining, provide the relevant training of interpersonal communication, and increase their organizational and job fitting. Key words: Intensive care units; Nurses; Fitting; Perceived organizational support; Social undermining; Supportive communication