AN APPLICATION ON TISIKKHÃ PRINCIPLES FOR WORK PERFORMANCE OF PROFESSIONAL NURSES IN HADYAI CENTRAL HOSPITAL, HADYAI DISTRICT, SONGKHLA PROVINCE.

Abstract

The research title, “An Application of Tisikkhã Principles (Precepts, Concentration and Wisdom) for Work Performance of Professional Nurses in Had Yai Central Hospital, Had Yai District, Songkhla Province.” The objectives were as follows: 1. To study an application of Tisikkhã (Precepts, Concentration and Wisdom) for work performance of professional nurses in Had Yai Central Hospital, Had Yai District, Songkha Province. 2. To compare the differences in an application of Tisikkhã (Precepts, Concentration and Wisdom) for work performance of professional nurses in Had Yai Hospital, Had Yai District, Songkhla Province in terms of age, degree of education and positions, and 3. To study suggestions of how to promote an application of Tisikkhã principles (Precepts, Concentration and Wisdom) for work performance of professional nurses in Had Yai Central Hospital, Had Yai District, Songkhla Province.

The population for this research was professional nurses in Had Yai Central Hospital, Had Yai District, Songkhla Province. There were 763 nurses, according to a sample size by Krejcie and Morgan’s table measurement. The sample selected was 257 women, via a simple random sampling technique. The instrument for data collection was a questionnaire. For data analysis the researcher used SPSS to find out the value of the frequency, percentage, arithmetic mean, standard deviation, t-test and one way ANOVA.

The findings were as follows.

1. An application of Tisikkhã principles (Precepts, Concentration and Wisdom) for work performance of professional nurses in Had Yai Central Hospital, Had Yai District, Songkhla Province in overview revealed ( = 4.15, S.D = 0.36). When considering each aspect (Precepts, Concentration and Wisdom), the aspect of Precepts (S lá Sikkhã) had the highest mean, followed by the Concentration aspectof Jita Sikkhã, and last the aspect of Wisdom (Pa a Sikkhã) had the lowest mean respectively when analyzed across the population in terms of age, degree of education, and position (duty nurse or administrative nurse).


2. The comparative results of an application of Tisikkhã principles (Precepts, Concentration and Wisdom) for work performance of professional nurses in Had Yai Central Hospital, Had Yai District, Songkhla Province, revealed no difference in statistical significance at 0.05 (F = 1.602) for the variables: age and degree of education for the Tisikkhã principles, which rejected the hypothesis. However, the variable of position (duty nurse or administrative nurse) proved statistically significance at 0.05 (t = 2.829) which supported the hypothesis.

3. The promotion of Tisikkhã principles (Precepts, Concentration and Wisdom) for work performance of professional nurses in Had Yai Central Hospital, Had Yai District, Songkhla Province can enhance and improve our society. In the aspect of S lá Sikkhã or Precepts nurses should work sincerely, provide services equally and have positive regard for oneself and others. To develop the Concentration aspect or Jitta Sikkhã nurses can train in mind development, meditation, and administrators should remain calm and centered which will contribute to peace in the workplace. The Wisdom aspect or Pa a Sikkhã may be promoted via knowledge development on a continuing basis which will contribute to clear thinking, acting and overall reasonableness in work performance.