WORK ENGAGEMENT AND SELF-EFFICACY IN RELATION TO THE PATIENT-CENTERED CARE OF NURSES

Abstract

Nurses play a very important role in the care of patients. In view of the important functions of nurses in the healthcare system, it is necessary to note that nurses must be engaged in their work ad must have a goal set for oneself to accomplish good performance, or self-efficacy. The study aimed to determine the relationship of work engagement and self-efficacy with patient-centered care of nurses, using quantitative descriptive-correlational research design with an adapted survey questionnaire. The result shows that the nurses are in the age group of 30-39 years old; female; married; with contractual employment status. Most of the nurses have been working as nurse for 4-6 years with excellent work engagement in terms of vigor, dedication, and absorption. They also have excellent self-efficacy and they render excellent patient-centered care. Furthermore, there is a very strong correlation between work engagement and self-efficacy, and self-efficacy and patient-centered care, and strong correlation between work engagement and patient-centered care.