Effective Speaking Skills and Coping Attitudes of Pediatric Nurses

Year 2023, Volume: 12 Issue: 3, 492 - 502, 28.09.2023

Didem Coşkun Şimşek , Ulviye Günay

https://doi.org/10.53424/balikesirsbd.1134501

Abstract

Aim: This descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out to analyse the effective speaking skills and coping attitudes of pediatric nurses. Materials and Methods: The population of the study consists of 251 nurses working in pediatric clinics of two hospitals in the eastern region of Turkey. The data in the study were collected with Descriptive Information Form, Effective Speech Skills Scale and Coping Attitudes Assessment Scale. Results: It was found that pediatric nurses had a mean effective speech scale total score of 50.96 ±16.92 and a mean coping scale total score of 157.75±26.69. Positive significant association was found between mean effective speech scale sub-dimension scores and total scores and between mean coping attitude scale sub-dimension scores and total scores. Conclusions: It was found that descriptive characteristics of pediatric nurses such as age, years of working as a nurse and weekly working hours were effective on their effective speech skills and coping attitudes. Effective speech skills of pediatric nurses were moderate. It was found that nurses used their coping attitudes effectively as their effective speech skills developed.

Keywords

Coping attitudes, Effective speech skills, Pediatric nurse

Pediatri Hemşirelerinin Etkili Konuşma Becerileri ve Başa Çıkma Tutumları

Abstract

Amaç: Tanımlayıcı ve kesitsel tipteki araştırma, pediatri hemşirelerinin etkili konuşma becerileri ve başa çıkma tutumunu incelemek amacı ile yapılmıştır. Gereç ve Yöntem: Çalışmanın evrenini Türkiye’nin doğusunda bulunan iki hastanesinin çocuk kliniklerinde çalışan 251 hemşire oluşturmuştur. Araştırma verileri Tanıtıcı Bilgi Formu, Etkili Konuşma Ölçeği ve Başa Çıkma Tutumları Değerlendirme Ölçeği kullanılarak elde edilmiştir. Bulgular: Pediatri hemşirelerin etkili konuşma ölçeği puan toplam ortalaması 50.96 ±16.92 ve başa çıkma ölçeği toplam puan ortalaması 157.75±26.69 olduğu bulunmuştur Etkili konuşma ölçeği alt boyutları ve toplam puan ortalaması ile baş çıkma ölçeği alt boyutları ve toplam puan ortalaması arasında pozitif yönde anlamlı bir ilişki olduğu saptanmıştır. Sonuç: Pediatri hemşirelerin yaşı, hemşire olarak görev yaptığı yıl ve haftalık çalışma saati gibi tanıtıcı özellikleri etkili konuşma becerilerinde ve başa çıkma tutumlarında etkili olduğu bulunmuştur. Pediatri hemşirelerini etkili konuşma becerilerinin orta düzeyde olduğu saptanmıştır. Etkili konuşma becerileri geliştikçe başa çıkma tutumlarını etkili kullandıkları belirlenmiştir.

Keywords

Etkili konuşma, Başa çıkma tutumu, Pediatri hemşiresi

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