A study of nursing competency, career self-efficacy and professional commitment among nurses in Taiwan.

Background: Professional commitment, maintaining nursing competency, and improving self-efficacy could be necessary to enhance the quality of care service in Taiwan.

Aim: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships among nursing competency, career self-efficacy, and professional commitment in hospital nurses.

Methods/design: We used a stratified cluster random sampling method for the selection.

A study on work stress, stress coping strategies and health promoting lifestyle among district hospital nurses in Taiwan.

Objectives: To determine work stress, and stress-coping strategies, and to analyze their the relationships in order to improve health-promoting lifestyle of nurses in Taiwan.

Methods: Three hundred eighty-five nurses who had work experience for more than 6 mo, were selected from four district hospitals in Kaohsiung and Ping Tung. We used a stratified cluster random sampling method for the selection.