Influence of hierarchical management mode on psychological empowerment and innovation behavior of nurses in intensive care unit

Abstract

Objective To discuss the influence of hierarchical management mode on psychological empowerment and innovation behavior of nurses in intensive care unit (ICU) . Methods From April 2016 to April 2017, hierarchical management mode was applied among 41 ICU nurses in Shanxi Provincial People's Hospital for 12 months. The levels of psychological empowerment and innovation behavior were compared before intervention, on the 6th and the 12th month after intervention. Results Before the intervention, the score of the psychological empowerment was (3.07±0.46) , which was at a middle level. Meanwhile, the score of innovation behavior was (2.91±0.40) , which was at a low level. With the implementation of hierarchical management mode, the differences in the scores of each dimension and the total score of psychological empowerment were statistically significant (F=11.463, 27.192, 13.700, 36.609, 45.733; P<0.001) . The differences in the scores of each dimension and the total score of innovation behavior were statistically significant (F=43.149, 106.489, 21.836, 80.586; P<0.001) . Conclusions ICU nurses' psychological empowerment is at a moderate level, and individual innovative behavior is at a weak level. Hierarchical management mode helps to improve ICU nurses' psychological empowerment and personal innovative behavior level. Key words: Intensive care units; Hierarchical management mode; Psychological empowerment; Innovation behavior