Journals / Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Enstitüsü Dergisi / 2026 / Volume: 12 Issue: 1

Factors Influencing Self-Perceived Nursing Competence in Hospital Nurses: A Cross-Sectional Study

Hastanede Çalışan Hemşirelerde Algılanan Hemşirelik Yeterliğini Etkileyen Faktörler: Kesitsel Bir Çalışma

Cahide Ayik(DOKUZ EYLÜL ÜNİVERSİTESİ, HEMŞİRELİK FAKÜLTESİ)0000-0002-1766-3965
Serdar Sever(UŞAK ÜNİVERSİTESİ, SAĞLIK BİLİMLERİ FAKÜLTESİ)0000-0001-8627-4237
Merve Aliye Akyol(DOKUZ EYLÜL ÜNİVERSİTESİ, HEMŞİRELİK FAKÜLTESİ)0000-0001-5107-266X
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2025-03-26
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Conclusion; Having better ethical climate perceptions, the personality trait of openness to experience, and increased coping skills were associated with the increased self-perception of nursing competence.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Aim; This study aimed to investigate self-assessment of nurses’ perceived nursing competence and determine how personality traits and ethical climate affect competence when demographic factors, perceived job satisfaction, job-related stress, and coping skills were controlled.
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Key Findings & Data:The sample of the study consisted of 316 nurses working in a university hospital between March-June 2021.
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Conclusion & Impact:Conclusion; Having better ethical climate perceptions, the personality trait of openness to experience, and increased coping skills were associated with the increased self-perception of nursing competence.
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⚙️Variables:Coping skills · ethical climate · job satisfaction

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Aim; This study aimed to investigate self-assessment of nurses’ perceived nursing competence and determine how personality traits and ethical climate affect competence when demographic factors, perceived job satisfaction, job-related stress, and coping skills were controlled. Method; A descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted. The sample of the study consisted of 316 nurses working in a university hospital between March-June 2021. The Personal Characteristic Form, Holistic Nursing Competence Scale, Ten-Item Personality Traits, and the Hospital Ethical Climate Survey were used to collect data. Job satisfaction, job-related stress, and coping skills were assessed on a Visual Analog Scale (VAS) ranked from zero to ten. Pearson’s correlation and hierarchical linear regression analyses were conducted. Results; The mean scores of nurses’ perceived competence were moderate. Ethical climate perceptions and personality traits (extraversion and openness to experience) significantly correlated with the nurse's self-perception of competence. The statistically significant factors influencing perceived nursing competence were ethical climate perceptions, openness to experience, and perceived coping skills based on the results of the hierarchical linear analysis. Conclusion; Having better ethical climate perceptions, the personality trait of openness to experience, and increased coping skills were associated with the increased self-perception of nursing competence.

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Giriş ve Amaç: Bu çalışma, hemşirelerin algıladıkları hemşirelik yeterliklerini incelemek ve algılanan iş doyumu, iş ile ilgili stres ve baş etme becerileri kontrol edildiğinde kişilik özellikleri ile etik iklimin, hemşirelik yeterliğini nasıl etkilediğini belirlemeyi amaçlamıştır. Gereç ve Yöntemler: Tanımlayıcı, kesitsel bir çalışma yürütülmüştür. Çalışmanın örneklemini Mart-Haziran 2021 arasında bir üniversite hastanesinde çalışan 316 hemşire oluşturmuştur. Verilerin toplanmasında Kişisel Özellikler Formu, Bütüncül Hemşirelik Yeterlik Ölçeği, On Maddeli Kişilik Ölçeği ve Hastane Etik İklim Ölçeği kullanılmıştır. İş memnuniyeti, işle ilgili stres ve başa çıkma becerileri, sıfırdan ona kadar sıralanan Görsel Analog Skala (GAS) ile değerlendirildi. Pearson korelasyon ve hiyerarşik lineer regresyon analizi yapılmıştır. Bulgular: Hemşirelerin algıladıkları yeterlik puan ortalamaları orta düzeydeydi. Etik iklim algıları ve kişilik özellikleri (dışadönüklük ve deneyime açıklık), hemşirenin yeterlik algısı ile önemli ölçüde ilişkiliydi. Hiyerarşik lineer regresyon analiz sonuçlarına göre, algılanan hemşirelik yeterliğini etkileyen istatistiksel olarak anlamlı faktörler, etik iklim algısı, deneyime açıklık ve algılanan başa çıkma becerileriydi. Sonuç: Artan hemşirelik yeterliği algısı; daha iyi etik iklim algısına sahip olmak, deneyime açıklık kişilik özelliği ve artan başa çıkma becerileri ile ilişkilidir.

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Ayik, C., Sever, S., Akyol, M. A. (2025). Factors Influencing Self-Perceived Nursing Competence in Hospital Nurses: A Cross-Sectional Study. Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Enstitüsü Dergisi, Volume: 12 Issue: 1. https://doi.org/10.34087/cbusbed.1608693

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