Current situation in regulatory focus on nurses in operating room and the influencing factors and corresponding nursing strategies
Objective To investigate the current status of regulatory focus among the nurses in operating room,analyse the influencing factors and summarise nursing strategies to provide a reference for development of the programs in targeted nursing management.Methods A total of 681 operating room nurses from 18 hospitals of Grade ⅡA and above in Jiangsu Province were selected by convenience sampling method from Arprial to July 2023.The nurses who participated in the study were surveyed with a general information questionnaire,the nurse regulatory focus scale(NRFQ),spiritual climate scale(SCS),calling scale-12(CS-12),and perceived stress scale(CPSS).Results All 681 operating room nurses completed the study.The promotive focus score was lower than the defensive focus(23.57±2.64 vs.24.06±2.72).It was found that the promotive focus and defensive focus were positively correlated with spiritual climate and occupational call,and negatively correlated with perceived stress(P<0.01).Spiritual climate,occupational call and perceived stress were the influencing factors that affected the promotion focus,jointly explaining 28.00%of the variance(all P<0.05).While occupational call and perceived stress among the operating room nurses were the influencing factors to the defensive focus,jointly explaining 23.60%of the variance(both P<0.05).Conclusion This study has identified that spiritual climate of nurses in operating room positively influences promotive focus in the regulatory focus.The regulatory focus as a whole is positively regulated by occupational call and negatively influenced by perceived stress.Therefore,nursing administrators should create a favourable spiritual climate to enhance the sense of professional call,reduce the perceived stress and increase the promotive and defensive focus among the nurses in operating room,hence to increase the nursing efficiency,thereby improving the quality of nursing care.