Charlie C Falguera1, Janet Alexis A De Los Santos2, Jolo R Galabay3, Carmen N Firmo1, Konstantinos Tsaras4, Rheajane A Rosales5, Ephraim Catoto Mirafuentes6, Leodoro J Labrague6. 1. School of Health Sciences, University of the Philippines Manila, Manila, Philippines. 2. College of Nursing, Visayas State University, Baybay City, Philippines. 3. College of Nursing, Isabela State University - Ilagan Campus, Iligan City, Philippines. 4. Nursing Department, Technological Educational Institute of Thessaly, Larrisa, Greece. 5. College of Nursing, Samar State University, Catbalogan City, Philippines. 6. College of Nursing, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman.
Abstract
AIMS: Challenges in the nurse practice environment greatly affect nurse work outcomes. This study investigated the relationship between nurse practice environment and work outcomes in the Philippines. METHODS: This cross-sectional survey involved 549 hospital nurses in the Philippines in 2018. The nurse practice environment was measured using the Practice Environment Scale of the Nursing Work Index (PES-NWI). Four self-report scales were used to measure work outcomes: job satisfaction, job burnout, job stress and nurse-assessed quality of care. Multiple linear regression analysis was used to analyse the data. RESULTS: Significant relationships were found between nurse and organizational characteristics and nurse practice environment. Further, multivariate regression analysis revealed that the nurse practice environment had a significant and positive relationship with perceived quality of care and a significant and negative relationship with job burnout and job stress. CONCLUSION: A favourable work environment significantly reduced job burnout and job stress and improved the quality of patient care. With considerable migration abroad, a favourable nurse practice environment may engage a better nurse workforce in the country and subsequently reduce migration. Managers must focus on developing good nurse practice environments that will improve professional work outcomes and quality patient care.
AIMS: Challenges in the nurse practice environment greatly affect nurse work outcomes. This study investigated the relationship between nurse practice environment and work outcomes in the Philippines. METHODS: This cross-sectional survey involved 549 hospital nurses in the Philippines in 2018. The nurse practice environment was measured using the Practice Environment Scale of the Nursing Work Index (PES-NWI). Four self-report scales were used to measure work outcomes: job satisfaction, job burnout, job stress and nurse-assessed quality of care. Multiple linear regression analysis was used to analyse the data. RESULTS: Significant relationships were found between nurse and organizational characteristics and nurse practice environment. Further, multivariate regression analysis revealed that the nurse practice environment had a significant and positive relationship with perceived quality of care and a significant and negative relationship with job burnout and job stress. CONCLUSION: A favourable work environment significantly reduced job burnout and job stress and improved the quality of patient care. With considerable migration abroad, a favourable nurse practice environment may engage a better nurse workforce in the country and subsequently reduce migration. Managers must focus on developing good nurse practice environments that will improve professional work outcomes and quality patient care.
Authors: Olga Maria Pimenta Lopes Ribeiro; Letícia de Lima Trindade; Clemente Neves de Sousa; Paulo João Figueiredo Cabral Teles; Maria Filomena Passos Teixeira Cardoso; Carla Gomes da Rocha; Sónia Cristina Costa Barros; João Miguel Almeida Ventura-Silva Journal: Porto Biomed J Date: 2022-02-08