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Social network analysis: Understanding nurses' advice-seeking interactions.

Filiz Kantek¹, Hande Yesilbas², Nezaket Yildirim³

¹Professor, Department of Nursing Management, Faculty of Nursing, Akdeniz University, Antalya, 07070, Turkey.

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|May 11, 2022

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Social network analysis revealed key advice-seeking patterns among nurses. Nursing managers, especially those with higher education, significantly strengthen these professional networks.

Keywords:

CHAID analysis UCINET advice-seeking nurses social network analysis

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Area of Science:

Nursing
Social Network Analysis
Healthcare Management

Background:

Understanding advice-seeking behaviors is crucial for effective nursing practice and collaboration.
Social network analysis (SNA) offers a quantitative approach to map professional relationships.

Purpose of the Study:

To analyze advice-seeking interactions among nurses in a private hospital setting.
To identify key influencers and network structures within nursing staff.

Main Methods:

Cross-sectional descriptive study involving 70 nurses.
Data collected via a social network analysis questionnaire.
Analysis of network density, components, degree centrality, and betweenness centrality using UCINET and SPSS.

Main Results:

Network density was 0.062, with three distinct components identified.
Nurse Y1 exhibited the highest degree and betweenness centrality.
Education, department, and position were significant factors influencing degree centrality.

Conclusions:

Social network analysis is effective for mapping strengths and weaknesses in nurse advice-seeking relationships.
Nursing managers play a pivotal role in advice-seeking networks.
Enhancing the educational qualifications of nursing managers can improve network dynamics.