The Effect of Quality Hospital's Environment on nurses’ satisfaction and their Compliance with safety Precautions

Hussein Yassein Hussein, Noha; Abdeen Abdeen Kheder, Maha; Hassan Mohamed, Sanaa

doi:10.21608/ejhc.2021.193008

The Effect of Quality Hospital's Environment on nurses’ satisfaction and their Compliance with safety Precautions

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Lecturer of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Helwan University, Egypt

² Assistant professor, Nursing Administration, Faculty of nursing, Zagazig University, Egypt

³ Lecturer of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Beni-Suef University, Egypt

10.21608/ejhc.2021.193008

Abstract

Background: Increasing the nurses work environment quality is critical in the context of global
paucity of qualified nurses. Workplace satisfaction has been a major factor in motivating positive
job behavior. Research Aim: evaluate the effect of quality hospital's environment on nurses’
satisfaction and their compliance with safety precautions. Research design: A descriptive design
was utilized. Setting: Helwan General Hospital. Subject: A convenience sample was utilized to
select the study population. Tools: Four tools were used as 1st tool predesigned questionnaire
include (personal characteristics), 2nd tool “Quality of Hospital's Environment” and 3rd tool “Job
Satisfaction scale” and 4th tool “Compliance with safety Precautions scale”. Results: (60%) of
respondent nurses complied with safety precautions, regarding to the total satisfactory level of
quality of hospital's environment; it clarifies that 77 % of the respondent were satisfied.
Conclusions: The conclusion can be drawn from this study would be that there were satisfactory
level of quality of hospital environment and job satisfaction among the respondent nurses. Nurses
satisfied with their work environment were willing to comply with safety precautions.
Recommendation: Improving hospital environment to maintain high job satisfaction of nurses.
Enhance compliance of safety precautions through encouragement and appreciating good
performance, challengeable abilities activities to remain the nurse active all the time and
encouraging teamwork spirit among nurses

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