Impact of head nurses'empowering behaviors on nurses'self-regulatory fatigue
Objective To explore the impact of head nurses'empowering behaviors on self-regulatory fatigue of nurses,and to pro-vide reference for alleviating self-regulatory fatigue of nurses.Methods A convenience sample of 845 nurses from 3 hospitals in Chengdu were surveyed using the Nurse Managers'Empowering Behavioral Scale for Staff Nurses and the Self-regulatory Fatigue Scale.Results The score of head nurses'empowering behavior was(162.04±8.84)and the score of nurses'self-regulatory fatigue was(46.80±4.42).Hierarchical multiple regression analysis showed that after controlling for confounders,empowering behavior of head nurses affected nurses'self-regulatory fatigue(P<0.05),accounting for 22.7%of the total variance.Conclusion Both head nurses'empowering behavior and nurses'self-regulatory fatigue are at moderate levels.Nursing managers should enhance head nurses'empowering behaviors to alleviate self-regulatory fatigue of nurses.
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