The Relationships among Self-Efficacy, Spiritual Well-Being, and Job Stress in Clinical Nurses

Abstract

Purpose: This study was to identify the extent of and the relationships among self-efficacy, spiritual well-being, and job stress in clinical nurs- es. Methods: The subjects were 201 clinical nurses from three different general hospitals in B city. Data were collected from May 26 to August 9, 2012 and analyzed by using descriptive statistics, independent t-test, One-way ANOVA, Sheffé test, and Partial correlation coefficients. Re- sults: The mean scores of self-efficacy, spiritual well-being, and job stress were moderate, 3.50, 3.58, and 3.44 respectively. There were statisti- cally significant relationships between marital status, influence of religion, the number of night shifts per month, motives for choosing nurs- ing as a career, job satisfaction and self-efficacy. Spiritual well-being was found to be significantly related to all participants’ general character- istics, and job stress was significantly related to marital status and type of religion. There was a significantly weak positive correlation between self-efficacy and spiritual well-being, and a weak negative correlation between self-efficacy and job stress. There was no significant correlation between job stress and spiritual well-being. Conclusion: This study suggests that effective strategies to foster spiritual well-being is needed to enhance clinical nurses’ self-efficacy, which should equip clinical nurses to better deal with job stress in their work places.