PMID- 29076613
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20180711
LR  - 20181202
IS  - 1365-2702 (Electronic)
IS  - 0962-1067 (Linking)
VI  - 27
IP  - 3-4
DP  - 2018 Feb
TI  - Social support and factors associated with self-efficacy among acute-care nurse 
      practitioners.
PG  - 876-882
LID - 10.1111/jocn.14129 [doi]
AB  - AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: To investigate the relationship of nurse practitioners' 
      social support as well as other factors associated with perceived self-efficacy. 
      BACKGROUND: There is a growing demand for nurse practitioners in Taiwan, for whom 
      self-perceived efficacy is associated with performance. Nevertheless, research on 
      the self-efficacy and social support of nurse practitioners is limited. DESIGN: 
      This is a cross-sectional survey study. METHODS: Questionnaires were distributed 
      to nurse practitioners in seven hospitals in northern Taiwan from May 2015 to 
      March 2016. In total, data from 335 (78% return rate) certified nurse 
      practitioners were analysed. Social support was measured by the Multidimensional 
      Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) and the Job Content Questionnaire 
      (JCQ), and perceived self-efficacy was measured by the General Self-Efficacy 
      Scale (GSE). Data were analysed by ANOVAs with post hoc test and multiple linear 
      regression. RESULTS: The mean score for self-efficacy was 27.60 +/- 6.17. Support 
      scores were 11.574 +/- 2.37 for supervisors, 12.795 +/- 1.92 for coworkers and 
      64.07 +/- 10.16 for family, friends and significant others. nurse practitioners in 
      the high monthly salary group had significantly higher self-efficacy than nurse 
      practitioners in the medium and low monthly salary group (F = 8.99; p < .01). 
      Social support from coworkers (beta = 0.18, p < .01) and family, friends and 
      significant others (beta = 0.15, p < .01) and a higher monthly salary were 
      significant factors. CONCLUSIONS: The self-efficacy of nurse practitioners in 
      hospitals in Taiwan is insufficient. Monthly salary and levels of social support 
      were found to contribute to nurse practitioners' self-efficacy. Thus, to enhance 
      nurse practitioners' self-efficacy and work performance, nursing leaders should 
      address these issues. RELEVANCE TO CLINICAL PRACTICE: The findings inform 
      hospital administrators to be aware of the importance of salary in relation to 
      nurse practitioners' perceptions of social support and self-efficacy.
CI  - (c) 2017 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
FAU - Hu, Sophia H
AU  - Hu SH
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0191-4301
AD  - Post-Baccalaureate Program in Nursing, College of Nursing, Taipei Medical 
      University, Taipei, Taiwan.
AD  - School of Nursing, College of Nursing, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.
FAU - Yu, Ya-Mei
AU  - Yu YM
AD  - Nursing Department, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan.
FAU - Chang, Wen-Yin
AU  - Chang WY
AD  - School of Nursing, College of Nursing, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.
FAU - Lin, Yen-Kuang
AU  - Lin YK
AD  - School of Nursing, College of Nursing, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.
AD  - Biostatistics Center, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Multicenter Study
DEP - 20171215
PL  - England
TA  - J Clin Nurs
JT  - Journal of clinical nursing
JID - 9207302
MH  - Adult
MH  - Critical Care Nursing
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Nurse Practitioners/*psychology
MH  - Salaries and Fringe Benefits/classification
MH  - *Self Efficacy
MH  - *Social Support
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
MH  - Taiwan
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - nurse practitioner
OT  - self-efficacy
OT  - social support
EDAT- 2017/10/28 06:00
MHDA- 2018/07/12 06:00
CRDT- 2017/10/28 06:00
PHST- 2017/10/19 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2017/10/28 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2018/07/12 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2017/10/28 06:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1111/jocn.14129 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Clin Nurs. 2018 Feb;27(3-4):876-882. doi: 10.1111/jocn.14129. Epub 2017 Dec 15.