RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN PERSONAL FACTORS, WORKPLACE ENVIRONMENTS,TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP OF HEAD NURSES, AND TRANSCULRAL NURSING COMPETENCIES OF PROFESSIONAL NURSES,PRIVATE HOSPITALS, BANGKOK METROPOLIS.
Abstract:
The purposes of this research were to study the transcultural nursing competencies of professional nurses, and to examine the relationships between personal factors, workplace environments, transformational leadership of head nurses, and transcultural nursing competencies of professional nurses in private hospitals, Bangkok Metropolis. The samples were 309 professional nurses, randomly selected by simple random sampling technique. The research instruments were personal factors, workplace environments, transformational leadership of head nurses, and transcultural nursing competencies as perceived by professional nurses questionnaires. Content validity was established by a panel of experts. The Cronbach’s alpha reliability coefficients were 0.95, 0.98 and 0.97 respectively. The data were analyzed by using frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, Point biserial correlation coefficient and Pearson’s product moment correlation coefficient. The major findings were as follows: 1. Transcultural nursing competencies as perceived by professional nurses in private hospitals, Bangkok Metropolis were at the good level (= 3.84, SD = 0.47) 2. There were positively significant relationships between language proficiency, workplace environments, transformational leadership of head nurses and transcultural nursing competencies as perceived by professional nurses, private hospitals, Bangkok Metropolis at .05 level (r = .146, r = .488 and r = .489 respectively). Personal factors consisting of educational level, work experience, and experience with patients from different cultures were not significantly related to transcultural nursing competencies as perceived by professional nurses, private hospitals, Bangkok Metropolis.