Influence of Organizational Communication Satisfaction and Positive Psychological Capital on Nursing Professional Pride among Nurses in Small and Medium-sized Hospitals

Purpose: Although hospital nurses work in the same environment and care for the same patients there are variations in terms of nursing performance. Determining nursing professional pride is an important way of providing quality care in clinical settings. This can aid in identifying the influence of organizational communication Satisfaction and positive psychological capital on the nursing professional pride of nurses in medium-sized hospitals as well as in providing basic data to enable increased nursing professional pride. Methods: This descriptive correlational study examined the degree of organizational communication Satisfaction, positive psychological capital, and nursing professional pride among hospital nurses to ascertain the relationships between these variables and their effects on nursing professional pride. The study participants were 173 nurses from small and medium-sized hospitals in G city. The data were collected from March 10 to 31, 2025, using structured self-reported questionnaires. The SPSS/WIN 25.0 program was used to analyze the data. Results : Depending on the overall amount of subjective health status (F = 2.880, p< .001), work unit (F = 2.793, p< .001) the nursing professional pride score varied. Nursing professional pride had a significant positive correlation with organizational communication Satisfaction (r = 0.617, p< .001) and positive psychological capital (r = 0.473, p< .001). The regression analysis confirmed that organizational communication Satisfaction (ß = 0.315, p< .001) and positive psychological capital (ß = 0.527, p< .001) were influential factors in the hospital nurses’ nursing professional pride. This model explained 39%. Conclusion: Organizational communication Satisfaction and positive psychological capital were found to be important factors affecting the nursing professional pride of hospital nurses. Hospital nurses are encouraged to bolster nursing professional pride in terms of satisfaction with organizational communication Satisfaction and positive psychological capital, and nursing managers should prioritize the strengthening of organizational communication Satisfaction and positive psychological capital among hospital nurses. Furthermore, it will be necessary to develop educational programs aimed at enhancing nursing professional pride.