The Mediating Effect of Clinical Nurses’ Research Self-Efficacy between Research Investment and Research Ability

目的：探讨临床护士科研自我效能感在科研投入与科研能力间的中介效应，为护理管理者提供科学的指引，以激发临床护士的科研潜力，推动其科研能力有效提升。方法：采用便利抽样法，选取2024年1月~2025年5月在湖南省张家界市地区某三级综合性医院和二级综合性医院工作的299名临床护士为研究对象，采用一般资料调查表、护理人员科研能力自评量表、科研投入问卷、科研自我效能感问卷进行调查。结果：有效回收问卷281份；临床护士的科研能力总得分为42.00 (30.00, 62.00)，科研投入总得分为10.00 (6.00, 12.00)，科研自我效能感总得分为10.00 (8.00, 13.00)；科研投入与科研能力呈正相关，与科研自我效能感呈正相关(均P P )。科研自我效能感在科研投入与科研能力之间起部分中介效应，中介效应占总效应的21.82%。结论：临床护士科研能力处于中低水平，护士科研投入可通过科研自我效能感间接影响其科研能力。护理管理者应重视护士的科研自我效能感，引导护士正确认识科研活动意义，重视积极科研素养培养，提高科研水平，从而推动护理专业的发展。Objective: To explore the mediating effect of clinical nurses’ research self-efficacy between research investment and research ability, providing scientific guidance for nursing managers to stimulate the research potential of clinical nurses and effectively enhance their research capabilities. Methods: Using the convenience sampling method, 299 clinical nurses working in a tertiary general hospital and a secondary general hospital in Zhangjiajie City, Hunan Province from January 2024 to May 2025 were selected as the research subjects. The general information questionnaire, the self-assessment scale of nursing staff’s research ability, the research investment questionnaire, and the research self-efficacy questionnaire were used for the investigation. Results: A total of 281 valid questionnaires were recovered. The total score of research ability of clinical nurses was 42.00 (30.00, 62.00), the total score of research investment was 10.00 (6.00, 12.00), and the total score of research self-efficacy was 10.00 (8.00, 13.00). Research investment was positively correlated with research ability and research self-efficacy (all P P < 0.001). Research self-efficacy played a partial mediating role between research investment and research ability, accounting for 21.82% of the total effect. Conclusion: The research ability of clinical nurses is at a medium to low level. Nurses’ research investment can indirectly affect their research ability through research self-efficacy. Nursing managers should attach importance to nurses’ research self-efficacy, guide nurses to correctly understand the significance of research activities, attach importance to the cultivation of positive research qualities, and improve research levels, thereby promoting the development of the nursing profession.