Investigation of competition attitude of psychiartic nurses at different age groups in grade III class A psychiartic hospital

Abstract

Objective To understand the characteristics of competition attitude of nurses at different age groups and to improve the overall competitiveness of the nursing staff.Methods Competitive attitude scale and self-demographic data questionnaire were used to cross-sectional survey 232 in-service female nurses in our hospital born in 70's,80's and 90's and evaluate and analyze the healthy competition and over-competition scores.Results Significant difference of healthy competition was found ( F =4.90,P ＜0.01) among three age groups ( 70's,80's and 90's).Single factors such as education or working experiences didn't show difference of effects on competition attitude( P＞0.05 ).For healthy competition,scores under single factor analysis for 70's,80's and 90's groups were (43.90 ± 8.57 ),( 46.76 ± 6.85 ) and (46.87 ± 8.09 ).The analysis showed significant difference among three groups ( F =3.174,P ＜ 0.05 ) and between 70' s group and 80's or 90's groups (P＜0.05 ).However,no significant difference was found between 80's and 90's groups ( P＞0.05).For the over - competition,scores for 70's,80's and 90's groups were (31.92 ± 6.07 ),( 36.01±5.34) and (36.22 ±6.02) respectively.Similar to healthy competition,significant difference existed between 70's group and 80's or 90's group ( P ＜ 0.01),but didn't exist between 80's and 90's groups ( P＞0.05 ).Conclusions Managers should correctly evaluate the competitive attitude of nursing staff to avoid the excessive competition while giving full play to the characteristics of the healthy competition,adopt different management measures in accordance with characteristics of different age groups,and help improve the overall competitiveness of the nursing staff. Key words: Nurses; Competitive attitude; Age; Psychiatric hospital