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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2020.21.1.112

Effect of Happiness and Empowerment on Nursing Performance of Clinical Nurses  

Kim, Seon-Young (Department of Nursing, Bucheon University)
Kwon, Young-Eun (Department of Nursing, Chungwoon University)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.21, no.1, 2020 , pp. 112-120 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study examined the relationship between the happiness, empowerment, and nursing performance of nurses with more than one-year of clinical experience, and the factors affecting the nursing performance. The subjects were 164 nurses who worked in two general hospitals in Incheon and Chungcheong-do, Korea. Data were collected from October to November 2018. The main findings of this study were as follows. The mean scores for happiness, empowerment, and nursing performance were 3.07±0.36, 3.37±0.43, and 3.40±0.44 points. Happiness was positively correlated with empowerment (r=.58, p<.01) and nursing performance (r=.58, p<.01), empowerment was positively correlated with the nursing performance (r=.58, p<.01). The factors influencing the nursing performance were empowerment (β=.65, p<.001), total length of a clinical career (β=.19, p<.001), education level (β=.12, p<.05), and happiness (β=.12, p=.05), showing an explanatory power of 64%. Based on these results, it is necessary to provide sufficient human and physical resources to improve the nursing performance and manage the organizational level to increase the nurses' happiness and empowerment. To improve the work performance of nurses, an empowerment improvement program tailored to the clinical experience and educational level should be developed, and the working environment that can increase the nurse's happiness should be improved.
Keywords
Nurse; Happiness; Empowerment; Nursing performance; Clinical;
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