Role of Self Efficacy and Work Resilience in Head Nurses’ Job Insecurity at Main Mansoura University Hospital

Abstract

1.ABSTRACT Background: Self-efficacy and resilience can serve as internal resources to combat the difficulties brought on by job insecurity. Aim: To determine the role self-efficacy and work resilience in head nurses' job insecurity at Main Mansoura University Hospital. Methods: A descriptive, correlational design was utilized with a sample of (81) head nurses at Main Mansoura University hospitals. Tools of data collection were General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES), Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) and Job Insecurity Questionnaire (JIQ). Results: The majority of studied head nurses had (76.5%) represents the highest level of self-efficacy, more than half of the head nurses who were studied (56.8%) had a highest level of wok resilience and have perceived low level of job insecurity. There was Statistically significant negative correlation between job insecurity and both self-efficacy and work resilience. Conclusion: There was statistically significant negative correlation between job insecurity and both self-efficacy and work resilience at Main Mansoura University Hospital. Recommendations: Promote a healthy workplace for head nurses that giving them a sense of being safe. Create a supportive work atmosphere can help nurses feel more empowered, boost their self-confidence, perform better in their jobs and provide regular training program to head nurses for reinforcing their acquisition of resilience skills, rules, techniques and self-efficacy.