The Relationship BetweenMotivation Self-esteem and Self-development of Professional Nurse in a Tertiary Hospital

Abstract

The purposes of this descriptive research were to study level of Motivation, Self-esteem and Selfdevelopment of professional nurse in tertiary hospital and to find the relationship between Motivation, Self-esteem and Self-development of professional nurse in tertiary hospital. Multistage sampling technique was used for selecting the sample comprise 272 professional nurse in a tertiary hospital who had works more than one year. The research instrument was divided into four parts of questionnaires: 1) personal data 2) Motivation of professional nurse 3) Self-esteem of professional nurse 4) Self-development of professional nurse. Content validity was established by using the Item Objective Congruence and index value between 0.8-1.0. Reliability of the questionnaire part 2 3 and part 4 by the Cronbach's alpha reliability coefficients were 0.93, 0.94 and 0.94 respectively. Data were analyzed by using percentage, mean, standard deviation, and the Pearson's product moment correlation coefficient. The findings were as follows 1) The Motivation, Self-esteem and Self-development of Professional nurses in tertiary hospital were as a high level ( = 3.59 SD = 0.38, = 3.93 SD = 0.40, = 3.69, SD = 0.49 respectively) 2) The Motivation and Self-esteem a statistically significant positive correlation at the moderate level with Self-development of professional nurse in tertiary hospital (r = .583p < .01, r = .623 p < .01 respectively) The suggestion for this research result, the Director of nursing service in tertiary hospital should encourage responsible for administration of professional nurse. Praise to accomplish goals. Encourage professional nurse to have goals and building confidence to have goals.