Research Article
New Graduate Nurses’ Clinical Competence, Clinical Stress, and Intention to Leave: A Longitudinal Study in Taiwan
Table 1
Descriptive information during one year of employment.
| | | 3 months (%) | 6 months (%) | 12 months (%) |
| | Hospital type | | | | | Medical center | 46 (42.2) | 43 (43.0) | 33 (44.6) | | Nonmedical center | 63 (57.8) | 57 (57.0) | 41 (55.4) | | Unit | | | | | Medical-surgical | 63 (57.8) | 54 (54.5) | 38 (50.7) | | ICU/ER | 36 (33.0) | 35 (35.4) | 30 (40.0) | | Maternity/pediatrics/psychology | 7 (6.4) | 8 (8.1) | 5 (6.7) | | Others | 3 (2.8) | 2 (2.0) | 2 (2.7) | | Stayed in the hospital where they have the training program | | | | | No | 70 (63.6) | 69 (68.3) | 50 (67.6) | | Yes | 40 (36.4) | 32 (31.7) | 24 (32.4) | | Stayed on the unit where they have the training program | | | | | No | 96 (88.9) | 87 (87.0) | 62 (82.7) | | Yes | 12 (11.1) | 13 (13.0) | 13 (17.3) | | Work shifts | | | | | 8 hours | 99 (91.7) | 89 (88.1) | 67 (91.8) | | 12 hours | 3 (2.8) | 4 (4.0) | 2 (2.7) | | Both 8 hours and 12 hours | 6 (5.6) | 8 (7.9) | 4 (5.5) | | Satisfaction with clinical performance | | | | | Satisfied | 24 (21.8) | 30 (29.7) | 32 (43.3) | | Neutral | 65 (59.1) | 64 (63.4) | 39 (52.7) | | Unsatisfied | 21 (19.1) | 7 (6.9) | 3 (4.0) | | Confident in professional competence | | | | | Confident | 19 (17.3) | 33 (32.7) | 31 (41.4) | | Neutral | 70 (63.6) | 61 (60.4) | 41 (54.7) | | Not confident | 21 (19.1) | 7 (6.9) | 3 (4.1) | | Agree that the program helped in reducing job stress | | | | | Agree | 34 (30.9) | — | — | | Neutral | 44 (40.0) | — | — | | Disagree | 32 (29.1) | — | — | | Agree that the program helped in clinical work | | | | | Agree | 53 (48.7) | — | — | | Neutral | 41 (37.6) | — | — | | Disagree | 15 (13.8) | — | — | | Necessity of continuing the program in the future | | | | | Agree | 73 (67.0) | — | — | | Neutral | 31 (28.4) | — | — | | Disagree | 5 (4.6) | — | — |
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