Investigation of the voluntary motivation of nurses and thought on the volunteer service system of hospital

Objective:To investigate the motivation of the participating volunteer service of nurses in the tertiary hospitals,and explore the establishment of the volunteer service system of hospital and how to effectively carry out voluntary service activities for providing the basis in improving the hospital volunteer service activities.Methods:The voluntary service activities of 191 nurses in a tertiary hospital were investigated using the motivation scale by random sampling method.Results:Among 191 respondents,74 people(38.7%) participated in volunteer service activities,and 117 people(61.3%) did not participate in volunteer service activities.The differences of the total scores of six dimensions and motivation of the volunteer motivation scale in different gender and marital status nurses were not statistically significant(P>0.05).The scores of self-protection dimension in junior college nurses,technical secondary school nurse and bachelor degree or above nurses were gradually decreasing.The scores of social communication dimension in junior college nurses,bachelor degree or above nurses and technical secondary school nurse were gradually decreasing.The scores of self-protection,career and social communication dimensions in primary nurse,intermediate nurse and senior nurse or above were gradually decreasing(P<0.05).The six dimensions scores of volunteer motivation scale in 191 nurses from high to low were the value expression(4.896),understanding(4.830),self-enhancement(4.819),occupation career(4.576),social communciation(4.162) and self-protection(4.154),respectively.Conclusions:The volunteer service motivation of nurses has diverse characteristics,the nurses with different needs choose different types of volunteer service activities,but the frequency of participating in voluntary service activities is low,the content is relatively simple,and the popularity rate of voluntary service is low.The hospital can establish long-term volunteer service system,improve the volunteer training mechanism,strengthen volunteer service organization publicity,which can improve the frequency of popularity rate of volunteer service activities,and provide professional contribution to society.