Assessment of Factors Influencing Professionalism in Nursing in Mekelle Zone Public Hospitals,Tigray,Northern Ethiopia,2012.
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2012-05
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Addis Abeba University
Abstract
Background
Professionalism is defined as the conceptualization of obligations, attributes, interactions, attitudes, and role behaviors required of professionals in relationship to individual clients and to society as a whole. Professionalism attributes include knowledge, spirit of inquiry, accountability, autonomy, advocacy, innovation and visionary, collaboration and collegiality, and ethics. These all may be influenced by age, sex, work experience, salary, ethnicity, religion, marital status, educational status, work setting, and professional organization.
Objective
The aim of the study was to assess factors influencing professionalism in nursing among nurses in Mekelle zone Public hospitals.
Methods
A quantitative cross sectional study design supplemented by qualitative were employed. Arandom sample of clinical nurses (N =210) from September 2011 to May 2012.The techniques for data collection were self administered questionnaire and focus group discussion (FGD). Data analysis was done using SPSS version 16.0 and logistic regression analysis was done to assess significant association between dependent and independent variables. Qualitative of data was analyzed manually and results were presented descriptively.
Result
Out of 210 respondents 58.57% were females and the mean age of the respondents was 32.40 years (SD= 8.42; range, 20-59 y).The mean of nursing experience 10.35(SD=9.154) and (51.43%) possessed BSc in Nursing. Respondents belonged to a professional organization was only 48%. The mean monthly salary of participants was 2168.39 EB (SD=573.281).The finding also showed that age and work experience had significant correlated with total professionalism (r= .122, P< .1); and (r = .120, P< .1) respectively. Work setting in Mekelle hospital was significantly associated [AOR (95%CI) = 4.090(1.359, 12.309)] with professionalism. Depending on FGD, the major factors were workload, had no vision, FMOH did not focused nursing as a profession, Weakness of the Ethiopian Nursing Association , lack of life insurance as well as the Health professionals and society’s views of the profession.
Conclusion and Recommendation
Respondents who score high attitude toward professionalism were 12.9%. After further statistical analysis using logistic regression, work setting in Mekelle Hospital had significantly associated with professionalism. Age and work experience had correlated with total professionalism.ENA and FMOH should focus on developing the level of professionalism in nursing. There were additional factors raised in FGD: such as lack of life insurance, weak ENA.
Key words: professionalism, attributes of professionalism, Mekelle public hospital nurses.
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Professionalism,Attributes of Professionalism,Mekelle Public Hospital Nurses