scholarly journals Measuring hospital staff nurses perception on quality of the professional practice environment

2017 ◽  
Vol 73 (10) ◽  
pp. 2484-2494 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brigitte Johanna Maria De Brouwer ◽  
Cheryl Fingal ◽  
Lisette Schoonhoven ◽  
Marian J. Kaljouw ◽  
Theo Van Achterberg
Keyword(s):  
Professional Practice ◽  
Hospital Staff ◽  
Staff Nurses ◽  
Practice Environment ◽  
Hospital Staff Nurses ◽  
Professional Practice Environment

scholarly journals Impacts of nursing work environment and burnout on turnover intentions among nurses in Ghana

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Collins Atta Poku ◽  
Ernestina Donkor ◽  
Florence Naab
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
Professional Practice ◽  
Nursing Care ◽  
Turnover Intention ◽  
Turnover Intentions ◽  
Practice Environment ◽  
Nursing Work Environment ◽  
Professional Practice Environment ◽  
Quality Of Nursing

Abstract Background Professional practice environment supports excellence and decent work and has the influence to entice and retain quality-nursing workforce. In high-resourced settings, significant number of studies exist to prove that professional practice environment with low levels of burnout play important role in enhancing patients’ and staff job outcomes. Appreciating the dynamics that affect turnover intention of nurses offer reasonable solutions to the challenges of nursing shortage, which directly influence quality of nursing care. Few studies undertaken on the subject in Ghana, however focused on miners, workers in the hotel industry, and worker telecommunication. There is evidently paucity of information on the impacts of nursing practice environment on turnover intentions among nurses in Sub-Saharan African. The study therefore aimed at determining the predictors of turnover intentions among nurses in Ghana. Methods A cross-sectional approach using a simple random and proportionate stratified sampling with a sample of 232 nurses completed validated instruments measuring work environment, burnout and turnover intentions. Descriptive and regression analysis were done on the various variables. Results While most nurses had positive perception about their work environment, greater number of them had turnover intentions. There was also significant associations between nursing work environment facets and turnover intention. The age of the nurse, years in nursing and the personal accomplishment of the nurse were significant predictors of turnover intentions of the nurse. Conclusion Burnout in any dimension results from unhealthy workplace; and unduly influences nurses’ turnover intention. This phenomenon can potentially affect the human resource management and the consequentially poor quality of nursing care provided to patients. Ensuring positive work setting and reduced burnout can therefore improves retention of nurses at their workplace.

Translation and Validation of the Revised Professional Practice Environment Questionnaire in the Greek Language

2015 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 112E-127E
Author(s):  
Evridiki Papastavrou ◽  
Panayiota Andreou ◽  
Nicos Middleton ◽  
Anastasios Merkouris ◽  
Persefoni Lambrou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Professional Practice ◽  
Care Patient ◽  
Practice Environment ◽  
Greek Language ◽  
Professional Practice Environment ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Republic Of Cyprus ◽  
Nurse Outcomes

Background and Purpose: Professional practice environments have been correlated with quality of care, patient, and nurse outcomes. There is a lack of translated versions of established instruments such as the Revised Professional Practice Environment questionnaire and this study presents the validation of this questionnaire in Greek. Methods: Translation, cultural adaptation, and factor analysis of the instrument were carried out. Three hundred ninety-three nurses from 5 hospitals of the Republic of Cyprus completed the instrument. Results: A 7-factor solution with 39 items accounted for 55.03% variance. The overall Cronbach's alpha was .89 and ranged between .69 and .84 for the individual factors. Conclusions: The testing of the translated version of the RPPE into Greek provides support for the validity and internal consistency of the instrument.

scholarly journals Sleep Quality among Female Hospital Staff Nurses

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pei-Li Chien ◽  
Hui-Fang Su ◽  
Pi-Ching Hsieh ◽  
Ruo-Yan Siao ◽  
Pei-Ying Ling ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sleep Quality ◽  
Hospital Staff ◽  
Staff Nurses ◽  
Objective Measures ◽  
Poor Sleep ◽  
Subjective Sleep Quality ◽  
Hospital Staff Nurses ◽  
Educational Degree ◽  
Northern Taiwan

Purpose. To investigate sleep quality of hospital staff nurses, both by subjective questionnaire and objective measures.Methods. Female staff nurses at a regional teaching hospital in Northern Taiwan were recruited. The Chinese version of the pittsburgh sleep quality index (C-PSQI) was used to assess subjective sleep quality, and an electrocardiogram-based cardiopulmonary coupling (CPC) technique was used to analyze objective sleep stability. Work stress was assessed using questionnaire on medical worker’s stress.Results. A total of 156 staff nurses completed the study. Among the staff nurses, 75.8% (117) had a PSQI score of ≥5 and 39.8% had an inadequate stable sleep ratio on subjective measures. Nurses with a high school or lower educational degree had a much higher risk of sleep disturbance when compared to nurses with a college or higher level degree.Conclusions. Both subjective and objective measures demonstrated that poor sleep quality is a common health problem among hospital staff nurses. More studies are warranted on this important issue to discover possible factors and therefore to develop a systemic strategy to cope with the problem.

Nurses' Perceptions regarding Health Care and the Poor

1989 ◽  
Vol 65 (3) ◽  
pp. 1043-1052 ◽  
Author(s):  
James H. Price ◽  
Sharon M. Desmond ◽  
Terry A. Eoff
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Hospital Staff ◽  
Staff Nurses ◽  
Hospital Staff Nurses ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Poor Women ◽  
Medical Regimens ◽  
Nurses Perceptions ◽  
Cycle Of Poverty

To assess hospital staff nurses' perceptions regarding the poor and their health care a total of 240 nurses were selected from 6 of 8 area hospitals to participate in the study (40 nurses from each institution). of the 240 nurses selected, 192 nurses completed the questionnaire (80% return rate). The majority of the sample believed the poor were caught in a “cycle of poverty” (84%) which implies they believe the poor cannot help being poor. However, some of the nurses in this sample also held “victim blaming” attitudes, i.e., poor women become pregnant to collect welfare (58%), the poor live well on welfare (35%), and a person's poverty is due to advantages squandered (27%). About one-third of the nurses agreed poor patients do not receive equivalent quality of care when compared to nonpoor patients and that transferring patients to another hospital due to an inability to pay was very common. Ten percent agreed assisting the poor in becoming well was a waste of medical care as they would be back again soon with another problem. Over half the sample believed the poor were not likely to engage in preventive health behaviors (66%) nor be compliant with their medical regimens (52%). Such attitudes should be studied to see if they affect communication between the poor and their nurse caregivers.

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