Clinical Performance and Organizational Socialization of New Nurses in a Single General Hospital
AUTHORS
Seong Shin Kim,Head Nurse, Dept. Nursing, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Republic of Korea
Mi Joon Lee,Manager, PhD, Health team, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Republic of Korea
Sun Hee Nam,Manager, Dept. Nursing, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Republic of Korea 03181, 29 Saemunan-ro,Jongno-gu,Seoul, Korea
ABSTRACT
This study aims to understand the levels of the clinical performance ability and organizational socialization of new nurses in tertiary hospital and the correlation between them. This study is descriptive correlation research conducted to provide basic data for the preparation of an efficient education program for new nurses. This study was conducted with 61 new nurses with experience less than one year working in a single general hospital located in Seoul from August 10 to 20, 2015. With the collected data, real number and percentage, average, standard deviation and independent samples t-test analysis were conducted, using SPSS/WIN 23.0 program. The level of the organizational socialization of the new nurses who entered their desired department was higher than that of those who did not enter their desired department. It was found that the sub-item of the clinical performance ability of new nurses had impacts on job performance and exhaustion, sub-areas of organizational socialization. The institution should develop and apply an effective and differentiated education program to promote the levels of the clinical performance ability and organizational socialization of new nurses, implement their socialization strategy and support them so that they can become its core members.
KEYWORDS
New nurses, Clinical performance, Ability, Organizational, Socialization, Hospital
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