Impacts of role stress on the career growth of pediatric nurses

Abstract

Objective To Understand and evaluate the current status of role stress and career growth in pediatric nurses and analyze the relationship between them. Methods From February to June 2018, pediatric nurses from four Class Ⅲ hospitals in Wenzhou were selected by convenience sampling method. Role Stress Scale and Career Growth Scale were used in the study. A total of 350 questionnaires were distributed and 328 valid ones were collected, with the effective recovery rate of 93.71%. Results The total score of pediatric nurses' career growth was (47.55±10.65) . Univariate analysis showed that there were statistical differences in nurses' career growth level between their age, education, professional title, position, and length of work among the participants (P<0.05) . Hierarchical regression analysis showed that after controlling the general information, role ambiguity and role conflict in role stress, all had negative predictive effects in pediatric nurses' professional growth. Conclusions The level of career growth is relatively low among the pediatric nurses in general hospitals. Moreover, the role stress has negative impact on it. It is suggested that nursing managers pay attention to the pediatric nurses' career growth status, reduce their role stress so as to improve their career growth level. Key words: Nurses; Pediatrics; Career growth; Role stress; Influencing factors