Date of Award
5-2021
Degree Type
Honors College Thesis
Academic Program
Nursing BSN
Department
Nursing
First Advisor
Kathryn Anthony, Ph.D.
Advisor Department
Communication Studies
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on practicing nurses in the United States. The study considered the effect of communication, self-efficacy, intolerance to uncertainty, and life satisfaction on nurses’ job satisfaction; additionally, this study considered the extent to which nurses perceived organizational response efficacy was predicted by their perceptions of communication and perceived threat susceptibility. A total of 191 nurses participated in the online survey. The study revealed that life satisfaction was positively predicted by communication, self-efficacy, and life satisfaction in multiple regression analyses. Perceived communication positively predicted perceived organizational response efficacy while perceived threat susceptibility predicted an inverse relationship with organizational response efficacy. This study reveals that improving job satisfaction, even in a pandemic, can be accomplished by empowering nurses through improving job resources while minimizing job demands. The implications for the study discuss the necessity for an overhaul of nursing leadership during the COVID-19 crisis to maintain the care standard and nurse commitment.
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Recommended Citation
Woodson, Davis, "Leadership, job stress and uncertainty among nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic: Impacts and implications in lieu of pertinent theoretical constructs" (2021). Honors Theses. 762.
https://aquila.usm.edu/honors_theses/762