Main influencing factors of career development for nurses:a Meta-analysis / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To reflect the main influencing factors of career development for Chinese nurses. Methods Databases including PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, CNKI, VIP, CBM and Wanfang Data were searched to collect literature on the main influencing factors of career development for Chinese nurses. The literatures were screened according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria. After extracting data and appraising the quality of the included studies,Meta-analysis was conducted by Revman 5.0 and Stata 12.0 software. Results Of the 494 identified studies, 8 studies were included. The summary effect size and 95％CI were found for psychological capital 0.44(0.16-0.73), self-efficacy0.35 (0.22- 0.48), positional titles 0.20(0.14- 0.27), hospital scale- 0.19(- 0.26-- 0.13), years of work experience 0.17(0.09-0.25), stress-0.17(-0.24--0.09) respectively. Conclusions Psychological capital, self-efficacy, positional titles, hospital scale, years of work experience and stress are the main influencing factors related to nurses′ career development. Nursing managers should pay attention to and actively develop nurses' psychological capital, use of different professional titles and seniority nurses reasonably, and reduce the work pressure to promote the nurse career development.