Analysis and comparison of ego states of clinical nurses
ZHENG Yanfang1, CHEN Jianqiao2, FENG Huiping1, LIANG Xiuli1, YANG Yulan1, XU Lili3, and CHEN Lei3
1. Nursing Department,General Hospital of Chinese People's Armed Police Force,Beijing 100039,China; 2. Department of Culture and Arts, University of International Business and Economics, Beijing 100029, China; 3. Chinese TA Association, Beijing 100013,China
Abstract：Objective To investigate the ego states of clinical nurses and to analyze their relations with clinical ability of communication. Methods In May 2015, data was collected by handing out questionnaires to 700 clinical nurses in a hospital before being analyzed to find out about nurses' ego states. Nurses from different departments and training backgrounds were compared to study the relationships between ego states and clinical ability of communication. Results Overall, there was significant difference in scores of five ego states between clinical nurses (P<0.05). Specifically, the score of Nurturing Parent ego state was the highest (17.14±3.00),followed by Adult and Free Child ego state,Controlling Parent ego state(11.13±2.80)and Adapted Child ego state(9.36±3.97). The Nurturing Parent ego state scores of nurses in departments for cadres were higher than in other departments.Nurses who had received psychological training had higher Adult ego state scores but lower Adapted Child ego state scores than those without psychological training. Nurturing Parent and Adult ego states had positive influence on clinical ability of communication, while those of Adapted Child and Controlling Parent had negative influence. Conclusions Nurses' ego states have significant effect on their clinical ability of communication, and ego states could be improved through psychological training. Furthermore, matching different departments with nurses with different ego states could potentially improve nursing quality.
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