Nurs Open. 2021 May 1. doi: 10.1002/nop2.762. Online ahead of print.
ABSTRACT
AIM: To investigate nurses’ perceptions of their work environment and to investigate the relationships between variables measuring the work environment (WE) and nursing outcomes (NOs ).
DESIGN: A 2-year prospective longitudinal survey (2013-2015).
METHOD(S): Descriptive statistics of nurse demographics, organizational WE and NOs were calculated by position. The associations between Practice Environment Scale of the Nursing Work Index (PES-NWI) and NOs were examined for each unit.
RESULTS: The participants were 2,992 staff nurses, 137 nurse managers (NMs), and 8 chief nursing officers in Phase 1 and 7,849, 371 and 23 in Phase 2, respectively. The higher the job position, the better the WE was rated. The higher the PES-NWI scores, the better the outcomes. Descriptive statistics about organizational WEs and NOs and the statistically significant associations between the two were identified.
PMID:33932266 | DOI:10.1002/nop2.762
