Hemşirelerin Psikolojik Güçlendirme ve Örgütsel İklime İlişkin Değerlendirmeleri: Tanımlayıcı Korelasyonel Bir Çalışma

Year 2025, Volume: 8 Issue: 2, 360 - 367, 26.08.2025

Emine Kuruca Özdemir , Süheyla Abaan

https://doi.org/10.38108/ouhcd.1381271

Abstract

Amaç: Bu araştırmanın amacı, hemşirelerin örgütsel iklim ve psikolojik güçlendirmeye ilişkin algılarının incelenmesi, örgütsel iklim ve psikolojik güçlendirme arasındaki ilişkinin belirlenmesidir.
Yöntem: Tanımlayıcı, ilişki arayıcı araştırma tasarımı kullanılmıştır. Araştırma, bir ilde bulunan üç Sağlık Bakanlığı ve iki üniversite hastanesinde gerçekleştirilmiştir. Güç analizine dayanarak bu hastanelerde en az altı aydır direkt hasta bakımı veren 237 hemşire rastgele seçilmiştir. Veriler, sosyodemografik form, Örgütsel İklim Ölçeği ve Psikolojik Güçlendirme Ölçeği kullanılarak toplanmıştır. Verilerin analizinde tanımlayıcı istatistikler ve Spearman rho korelasyon katsayıları kullanılmıştır.
Bulgular: Hemşirelerin örgütsel iklim puanları olumsuz etkileşim alt boyutunda en düşük (Med=2,75), hiyerarşi alt boyutunda ise en yüksektir (Med=3,67). Hemşirelerin toplam psikolojik güçlendirme puanı orta düzeyde olup (Med=5,75), en yüksek puan anlam (Med=7,00), en düşük puan ise etki alt boyutundadır (Med=4,33). Örgüt ikliminin takım çalışması, destekleyici iklim, insan ilişkileri, yenilikçi iklim ve iletişim alt boyutları ile toplam psikolojik güçlendirme puanları arasında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı orta düzeyde pozitif korelasyon bulunmuştur (p<0.05).
Sonuç: Bu bulgulara göre ekip çalışmasının desteklenmesi ve olumlu insan ilişkilerinin teşvik edilmesi, merkezi olmayan yönetim uygulamalarının hayata geçirilmesi ve hemşirelerin bilgiye erişebileceği örgütsel yapıların oluşturulması olumlu bir örgüt iklimini besleyecek ve psikolojik güçlendirmeyi güçlendirecektir.

Keywords

Hemşire , Örgütsel davranış , Güçlendirme , Hastane , Hemşirelik yönetimi

Nurses’ Assessments of Psychological Empowerment and Organizational Climate: Descriptive Correlational Study

Abstract

Objective: The aim of this study is to investigate the nurses’ perception of organizational climate and psychological empowerment, and to determine the correlations between organizational climate and psychological empowerment.
Methods: A descriptive and correlational design was used. The study was conducted in hospitals in a province, including three Ministry of Health and two university hospitals. Based on a power analysis, 237 bedside nurses from these hospitals working at least six months were randomly selected. The self-reported questionnaires consisted of an Organizational Climate Scale, a Psychological Empowerment Instrument, and demographic questions were used to collect data. Descriptive statistics and Spearman’s rho correlation coefficients were used in data analysis.
Results: The organizational climate scores were the lowest for the negative interaction subscale (Med=2.75) and highest for the hierarchy subscale (Med=3.67). Nurses’ total psychological empowerment score was at a moderate level (Med=5.75), with the highest score on the meaning (Med=7.00) and the lowest on the impact subscale (Med=4.33). There were statistically significant positive-moderate correlations between teamwork, supportive climate, human relations, innovative climate, and communication subscales of organizational climate and total psychological empowerment scores (p<0.05).
Conclusion: According to these findings, supporting teamwork and encouraging positive human relations, implementing decentralized management practices, and creating organizational structures where nurses can access information will nourish a positive organizational climate and strengthen psychological empowerment.

Keywords

Nurses , Organizational Behavior , Empowerment , Hospitals , Health services management

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