The Relationship between Motivation Factors and Competencies of Nurse Specialist of Community Nursing among Nurse Practitioners in Tambon Health Promoting Hospital, Area Health 3

Abstract

The purpose of this descriptive study was to examine the relationship between motivational and hygiene factors and community health nurse specialist’s competencies. The sample consisted of 220 nurses practitioners, randomly selected from the list of nurses practitioners who work at health promoting hospitals in lower northern region, Area Health 3. The framework of Herzberg’s Two-Factor theory was used to guide concepts of this study. The questionnaire was developed based on review of literature, which consisted of three parts as following: demographic data, motivational and hygiene factors, and community health nurse specialist’s competencies. The content validity was reviewed by 5 experts and content validity index was 0.91. The Cronbach’s Alpha Coefficients of motivational and hygiene factors, and community health nurse specialist’s competencies were 0.88 and 0.87 respectively. The data collection was done by using mailed questionnaire and 204 of 220 questionnaires were returned. Data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics and Pearson’s correlation coefficient. The results of the study revealed that both motivational and hygiene factors on nurses’ performance ( = 3.84, SD = 0.67) and community health nurse specialist’s competencies ( = 3.83, SD = 1.61) were high. There were a moderate positive correlation between motivation and hygiene factors and community health nurse specialist’s competencies among nurse practitioners (r = .574, p < 0.01). In conclusion, motivational and hygiene factors on nurses’ performance had a positive correlation with community health nurse specialist’s competencies. This supports Herzberg’s Two-Factor theory.