Work engagement of nurse educators in selected universities in Ho chi minh city, Vietnam

Aim: The objective of the study is to study work engagement and identify associated factors among nurse educators in selected universities in Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam. Methodology: A descriptive – correlational research design was carried out of 207 nurse’s educators. Three self – administered questionnaires: The Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES) were used to collect data. Data analysis was performed Jamovie software, descriptive and analytical statistics. Results: Most nurses were female (94.7%); the mean of nurses’ age was 41.3 years. Almost of nurse educators have attained master’s degree (93.2%), while the rate of nurse educators who have doctoral degrees was only 2.4%. The nurse respondents had 1–24 years of teaching experience with the mean year experience of 13.0 years. The study also indicated that 95.7% of nurse educators are lecturer position. The overall competency, emotional quotient and work engagement scores of nurse educators were 3.26, 3.28; 4.49 respectively which are classified as a moderate level. The multiple linear regression analysis result showed that current position (β = 0.17, t = 8.15, p<.001) and years of teaching experience (β = –0.62, t = –5.89, p< 0.001) were statistically significant predictors.Conclusion: These findings suggest that fostering competency and emotional quotient among nurse educators is critical to enhancing their work engagement, which in turn can improve the quality of education and patient care. Additionally, targeting professional development interventions to improve these areas could be beneficial for both educators and their institutions.