Nurses' Teamwork and Organizational Commitment in Critical care Units

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 (Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University

2 Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing Fayoum University

3 BSc in Nursing Sciences

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Effective teamwork promotes a work environment that has a positive
impact on both staff and patients which effects on job satisfaction, and quality of patient
care.AIM: to identifying the relationship between staff nurses' perception toward teamwork and
their organizational commitment in critical care units through assessing staff nurses' perception
towards teamwork and determining the level of their organizational commitment, and finding out
the relationship between staff nurses' Perception toward teamwork and their commitment for the
organization .Subject And Methods: A descriptive research design was used, study setting were
at El-Kharga General hospital in new valley governorate which affiliated to ministry of health. A
convenient sample technique of (n70) nurses who working in critical units were included in this
study. Two tools were used for collecting data used for collecting data namely; Self-administered
questionnaire sheet; team STEPPS Teamwork Perception Questionnaire and Organizational
Commitment Questionnaire. Results: The study results demonstrate that, nearly three quarter of
the study subjects were perceived teamwork, staff nurses were more perceived teamwork by
communication and situation monitoring followed by team skills, ended by leadership, as
regarding to organizational commitment, about two thirds of staff nurses were committed for their
organization, the staff nurses were more committed by feeling of experience followed by Identity
Identification, and ended by equity. Conclusion: The current study had answered the research
question by evidence that, there was a strong positive relationship between nurses' teamwork
perception and nurses' organizational commitment, nurses were more perceived teamwork, On
other hand, the nurses were more committed for their organization by ''feeling experiences'' while.
Recommendation: It is recommended that, Conducting workshops and training programs for
managers and supervisors about teamwork and it's important for quality of health care focusing
on leadership styles as a method to enhancing overall teamwork.

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