Investigation of self-efficacy and countermeasures for the nursing activities of nurses in operation room

Objective To investigate the self-efficacy for the nursing activities of nurses in the operation room and explore the ways of improving the self-efficacy of nursing activities of nurses in the operation room.Methods 160 nnrses in the operation rooms of four hospitals in Binzhou city were chosen as the observation group.160 non-operation room nurses in these four hospitals were chosen as the control group.The self-efficacy of nursing activities questionnaires were used to survey the self-efficacy of nurses.According to the analysis of survey results,measures to improve the self-efficacy of nursing activities were discussed.Results The self-efficacy scores for 160 operation room nurses were lower than those non-operation room nurses.Among 5 dimensions,nursing skill was with the lowest score in 160 nurses who had been investigated.The difference of self-efficacy scores of care activities for nurses in operation rooms of different hospitals was significant.Conclusions Nursing activity in the operation room has its own specialty.The self-efficacy of nursing activities was lower than non-operation room nurses generally,especially in nursing skills.Improving leadership and working environment of nurses,giving positive social support and re-education programs are the scientific ways to improve self-efficacy of nursing activities in the operation room. Key words: Operating room nurse; Self-efficacy; Measures