간호사의 윤리적 딜레마, 자기효능감이 직무만족도에 미치는 영향

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to estimate the scores of ethical dilemma, self-efficacy and job satisfaction and to investigate the relationship between them in nurses. The subject consisted with 182 nurses who working in C University hospital in Gwangju. The instrument of this study was a structured questionnaire on ethical dilemma, self-efficacy and job satisfaction. The data were collected from September 7 to September 13, 2007. and analyzed by Cronbach alpha, descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA and Pearson's correlation. Also, to find factors that have influence on job satisfaction, multiple regression analysis was used. The results of the research were as follows: 1. The average item scores were 2.65 for ethical dilemma, 3.43 for self-efficacy and 2.93 for job satisfaction. 2. The relationship between general characteristics and ethical dilemma shows a significant difference with regard to age, economic status and satisfaction of present department. 3. The relationship between general characteristics and self-efficacy shows a significant difference with regard to age, school career, working career, position, engagement type, pay and economic status. 4. The relationship between general characteristics and job satisfaction shows a significant difference with regard to marital status, pay, working type, satisfaction of present department, economic status. 5. A significant negative correlation between ethical dilemma and job satisfaction was found. A significant positive correlation between self-efficacy and job satisfaction was found. 6. The influential factors of the job satisfaction were ethical dilemma and self-efficacy. In conclusion, ethical dilemma, job satisfaction and self-efficacy of nurses are significantly related. Both job satisfaction and self-efficacy are important factors for preventing ethical dilemma of nurses. Therefore, this study suggested that we should develop programs and polices to increase the job satisfaction and self-efficacy for ethical dilemma of nurses.