Investigation on Willingness and Ability of Self-regulated Learning and Associated Factors of Nurses in Emergency Department

Abstract

Purpose: To investigate the current status of nurses' willingness and ability of self-regulated learning in the emergency department, and explore its associated factors. It was hoped that the results could provide theoretical basis and countermeasure suggestions for improving emergency department nurses' willingness and ability of self-regulated learning. Method: Totally 306 emergency department nurses were recruited to finished a questionnaire on self-regulated learning willingness questionnaire and nursing staff self-regulated learning ability scale. Result: The total score of self-regulated learning willingness and self-regulated learning ability was (6.18±2.71) and (121.87±20.33), respectively, both of them were at a relatively low level. The median time of spent on medical-related learning was 5.00 hours per month among emergency department nurses. The related factors of self-regulated learning willingness in emergency department nurses were work satisfaction, difficulty of promotion of job title, management and interpersonal stress, and self-regulated learning ability (<I>P</I><0.05). The related factors of self-regulated learning ability in emergency department nurses were working years, thefinal academic qualifications, personal income, general health status, learning atmosphere and self-regulated learning willingness (<I>P</I><0.05). Conclusion: Nurse manager should pay more attention to the job satisfaction of nurses, make more reasonable promotion systems for job titles, adopt flexible management, create a good learning atmosphere in the emergency department for improving nurses' self-regulated learning ability and self-regulated learning willingness.