A Study of the Work Values and Professional Commitment of Clinical Research Nurses in Taiwan
Date Issued
2013
Date
2013
Author(s)
Huang, Yen-Yun
Abstract
The clinical research nurse is one of the important members in clinical trials, but the professional role of clinical research nurses is not fully developed. There are still lots of issues not been dis¬cussed, so this study is to discuss the work values and profes¬sional commit¬ment of clinical research nurses in Taiwan.
There are three aims for this study: 1, to understand the difference between basic at¬tributes and work values; 2, to understand the defference between basic attrib¬utes and professional commitment; 3, to explore the correlationship between work val¬ues and professional commitment; and 4, to understand the factors that affect work values and professional commitment.
The study used structured questionnaires including demographic and social characteris¬tics, work values scale, and professional commitment scale. Clinical research nurses who can be enrolled are those having carried out the job more than 6 months by the time of enrollment. The study started from February 21, 2013 to June 30, 2013, and totally 119 subjects have been enrolled by snowball sampling. Data were analyzed by using SPSS 17.0 statistic software. Inter¬nal consistency of reliability was calculated by using Cronbach’s alpha, work values scale, 0.93 and professional commitment scale, 0.96.
The results show that the mean score of work values is 3.92 point, and the mean score of professional commitment is 3.86 point under the full score is 5. That means more than helf clinical research nurses satisfied in this job and still willing to be clinical research nurses. Education level, position title, family support and inservice training are significantly different from total work values (F = 4.20, p = 0.017; F = 3.03, p = 0.032; F = 6.88, p = 0.001; F = 2.37, p = 0.020). Age, education level, marriage, years of work experience, monthly salary, weekly hours of work, institution of employment, family support and inservice training are signifi¬cantly different from total professional commitment (F = 4.09, p = 0.019; F = 3.32, p = 0.040; F = -2.60, p = 0.011; F = 3.19, p = 0.016; F = 5.79, p = 0.004; F = 3.76, p = 0.026; F = 4.75, p = 0.010; F = 6.07, p = 0.003; F = 2.80, p = 0.006).The work values are posi¬tively correlated with professional commitment (r = 0.584, p < 0.01). The results of regression analysis show that education level in university, family support by supporting, and family support by no comment or not support are the influence factors of work values (R2 = 0.227, β = -0.271, -0.308, -0.410). Years of work experience from 1 year to 3 years, institution of employment by doctor or freelance or other, and family support by no comment or not support are the influence factors of professional commitment (R2 = 0.319, β = 0.328, -0.194, -0.342).
This research shows the current situation of work values and professional commit-ment of clinical research nurses in Taiwan, and expects that the results can help not only to develop the professional role of clinical research nurses and improve the salary welfare system, but also to increase the quality of clinical trials.
Subjects
臨床試驗
臨床研究護理師
工作價值觀
專業承諾
Type
thesis
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