The Intrinsically Motivated Nurse

Abstract

Self-determination theory describes the working conditions necessary for the experience of self-motivation. Performance evaluation sessions represent extraordinary opportunities to enhance motivation, yet often are approached with anxiety. An innate desire for feedback meets with a learned response of fear, by both the evaluator and evaluatee. Psychological fusion theory explains the source of this conflict and what nurse executives can do to use these sessions for motivational impact while ameliorating the attendant stress.

Motives for Empathy among Clinical Nurses in China: A Qualitative Study

“…Some nurses working in this environment may even think that being empathetic with patients is a waste of time when they are not treated with trust or respect, which is consistent with the results of other studies [25]. Thus, elements that make nursing empathy more inherently enjoyable and beneficial consequences must first be secured by nurse leaders, and those nurshttps://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.20123 ing leaders should then ensure that the working environment allows nurses to satisfy certain innate psychological needs, namely, the need for autonomy [22,26], to support the development of empathy motivations and thereby improve the nurses' professional competence and performance.…”

Prerequisites for quality improvement in nursing

“…Yuen 1993). Baard and Neville (1996) have stated that carers’ professional development requires inner motivation and feedback from close‐range managers. In this study the impact of close‐range management on nurses’ professional development, work commitment and performance motivation was found to be quite small.…”