Aim: This study aims to investigate the status quo of self-career planning of nurses working in operating rooms (OR) and analyse the influencing factors.
Methods: A total of 1,418 nurses working in OR were selected and surveyed using a general data questionnaire, a nurse career planning questionnaire and an organizational career management questionnaire.
Results: Multiple linear regression analysis showed that organizational career management perception, hospital-grade and monthly income were the influencing factors of self-career planning score of nurses working in OR, which could explain the 56.6% variation of career organization management.
Conclusion: The status quo of self-career planning in OR nurse was at the middle level, and the scores of different dimensions were not balanced. Reasonable self-career planning helps the OR nurses improve their professional skills and increase their commitment to work and satisfaction.
Keywords: Career planning; OR nurse; influencing factors; job satisfaction; nurse characteristics; nurse management; professional role; status quo.
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