The Relationship Between the Role of Nurses as A Health Educator and Both of Work Environment and Nursing Empowerment | ||
| Alexandria Scientific Nursing Journal | ||
| Volume 25, Issue 4, December 2023, Pages 111-121 PDF (338.04 K) | ||
| Document Type: Research articles | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/asalexu.2023.344757 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Shimaa Samy Abd EL-Maksoud1; Fatma Mostafa Baddar2; Asmaa Ahmed Ibrahim Morsy3 | ||
| 1Salah EL-Awady hospital | ||
| 2Nursing administration department, Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria University | ||
| 3Nursing education department, Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Health education considers the heart of a nurse’s role, It is an essential tool to empower patients to be autonomous concerning their health management which leads to strengthening their physical, mental, and social skills to reach self-management of diseases and self-health determination Objective: To determine the relationship between the role of nurses as health educators and both of work environment and nursing empowerment. Setting: The study was conducted at Salah El-awadi hospital in the -Agami western district of Alexandria governorate. Subjects: The Study sample comprised 123 nurses, who represent all nurses' staff who worked at Salah El-Awadi hospital in all departments Tools: three tools were used. Tool one: Work Environment Satisfaction Assessment questionnaire, Tool two: Nursing Empowerment Assessment Questionnaire, and Tool three: Nurses' perceptiveness toward their health education Role Questionnaire. Results: the study result showed that there were statistically significant positive correlations between nurse perceptiveness of health educator role, work environment, and nursing empowerment as p < (0.001) Conclusion: Health education is the cornerstone of nursing practice and a nurse's crucial responsibility, Role of a nurse as health educator can be affected by the nurse work environment, level of nursing empowerment. Recommendations: different workshops must be conducted for nurses as; workshop about the patient-teaching role of the nurse as a part of their duties. workshop about health education’s importance, strategies, barriers, and how to overcome these barriers. And workshop about communication skills | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Work environment; nursing; nursing empowerment; health educators | ||
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