Korean J Occup Health Nurs.  2024 May;33(2):55-63. 10.5807/kjohn.2024.33.2.55.

Effect of Nursing Work Environment and Social Support on Reality Shock Experienced by New Graduate Nurses

• Kim JH
• Noh YG

• KMID: 2564502
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5807/kjohn.2024.33.2.55

Abstract

Purpose
The purpose of this study was to identify the effects of nursing work environment and social support on the reality shock of new graduate nurses in university hospitals.
Methods
The subjects were 153 new graduate nurses with less than 12 months of clinical experience at two university hospitals in the G province, and data were collected from September 15 to October 7, 2020. Data were analyzed using the SPSS/WIN 26.0 program for frequency, average, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficient, multiple regression.
Results
Factors influencing reality shock were nursing work environment (β=-.39, p<.001) and social support (β=-.25, p=.002), and gender (female) (β=.20, p=.001), and the explanatory power was 44.8% (F=9.99, p=.002).
Conclusion
Our study shows that nursing work environment and social support play an important role in the reality shock of new graduate nurses. It is important to strengthen nursing work environment and social support to alleviate the reality shock of new graduate nurses. The findings of this study may serve as a basis for developing strategies for mitigating the reality shock of new graduate nurses.

Keyword

Workplace; Workplace; Environment; Environment; Social support; Social support; Reality shock; Reality shock; New graduate nurses; New graduate nurses