Front-line management, staffing and nurse–doctor relationships as predictors of nurse and patient outcomes. A survey of Icelandic hospital nurses
Objective: To investigate aspects of nurses' work environments linked with job outcomes and assessments of quality of care in an Icelandic hospital. Background: Prior research suggests that poor working environments in hospitals significantly hinder retention of nurses and high quality patient...
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ftsouthampton:oai:eprints.soton.ac.uk:154653 2023-07-30T04:04:27+02:00 Front-line management, staffing and nurse–doctor relationships as predictors of nurse and patient outcomes. A survey of Icelandic hospital nurses Gunnarsdóttir, Sigrún Clarke, Sean P. Rafferty, Anne Marie Nutbeam, Donald 2009-07 https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/154653/ unknown Gunnarsdóttir, Sigrún, Clarke, Sean P., Rafferty, Anne Marie and Nutbeam, Donald (2009) Front-line management, staffing and nurse–doctor relationships as predictors of nurse and patient outcomes. A survey of Icelandic hospital nurses. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 46 (7), 920-927. (doi:10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2006.11.007 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2006.11.007>). Article PeerReviewed 2009 ftsouthampton https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2006.11.007 2023-07-09T21:16:55Z Objective: To investigate aspects of nurses' work environments linked with job outcomes and assessments of quality of care in an Icelandic hospital. Background: Prior research suggests that poor working environments in hospitals significantly hinder retention of nurses and high quality patient care. On the other hand, hospitals with high retention rates (such as Magnet hospitals) show supportive management, professional autonomy, good inter-professional relations and nurse job satisfaction, reduced nurse burnout and improved quality of patient care. Methods: Cross-sectional survey of 695 nurses at Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavik. Nurses' work environments were measured using the nursing work index-revised (NWI-R) and examined as predictors of job satisfaction, the Maslach burnout inventory (MBI) and nurse-assessed quality of patient care using linear and logistic regression approaches. Results: An Icelandic adaptation of the NWI-R showed a five-factor structure similar to that of Lake (2002). After controlling for nurses' personal characteristics, job satisfaction, emotional exhaustion and nurse rated quality of care were found to be independently associated with perceptions of support from unit-level managers, staffing adequacy, and nurse-doctor relations. Conclusions: The NWI-R measures elements of hospital nurses' work environments that predict job outcomes and nurses' ratings of the quality of patient care in Iceland. Efforts to improve and maintain nurses' relations with nurse managers and doctors, as well as their perceptions of staffing adequacy, will likely improve nurse job satisfaction and employee retention, and may improve the quality of patient care. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland University of Southampton: e-Prints Soton International Journal of Nursing Studies 46 7 920 927 |
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Objective: To investigate aspects of nurses' work environments linked with job outcomes and assessments of quality of care in an Icelandic hospital. Background: Prior research suggests that poor working environments in hospitals significantly hinder retention of nurses and high quality patient care. On the other hand, hospitals with high retention rates (such as Magnet hospitals) show supportive management, professional autonomy, good inter-professional relations and nurse job satisfaction, reduced nurse burnout and improved quality of patient care. Methods: Cross-sectional survey of 695 nurses at Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavik. Nurses' work environments were measured using the nursing work index-revised (NWI-R) and examined as predictors of job satisfaction, the Maslach burnout inventory (MBI) and nurse-assessed quality of patient care using linear and logistic regression approaches. Results: An Icelandic adaptation of the NWI-R showed a five-factor structure similar to that of Lake (2002). After controlling for nurses' personal characteristics, job satisfaction, emotional exhaustion and nurse rated quality of care were found to be independently associated with perceptions of support from unit-level managers, staffing adequacy, and nurse-doctor relations. Conclusions: The NWI-R measures elements of hospital nurses' work environments that predict job outcomes and nurses' ratings of the quality of patient care in Iceland. Efforts to improve and maintain nurses' relations with nurse managers and doctors, as well as their perceptions of staffing adequacy, will likely improve nurse job satisfaction and employee retention, and may improve the quality of patient care. |
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Front-line management, staffing and nurse–doctor relationships as predictors of nurse and patient outcomes. A survey of Icelandic hospital nurses |
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Front-line management, staffing and nurse–doctor relationships as predictors of nurse and patient outcomes. A survey of Icelandic hospital nurses |
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Front-line management, staffing and nurse–doctor relationships as predictors of nurse and patient outcomes. A survey of Icelandic hospital nurses |
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Front-line management, staffing and nurse–doctor relationships as predictors of nurse and patient outcomes. A survey of Icelandic hospital nurses |
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Front-line management, staffing and nurse–doctor relationships as predictors of nurse and patient outcomes. A survey of Icelandic hospital nurses |
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front-line management, staffing and nurse–doctor relationships as predictors of nurse and patient outcomes. a survey of icelandic hospital nurses |
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