Quality of Nursing Work-Life and its Relationship with Caring Behaviors, and Self-Concept from Nursing Staff’s Perspective | ||||
| Alexandria Scientific Nursing Journal | ||||
| Volume 27, Issue 1, March 2025, Page 45-58 PDF (266.23 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Research articles | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/asalexu.2025.414947 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Asmaa Salah Mohamed Mustafa1; Hala Ahmed Abdou2; Sabreen Mahmoud khattab3 | ||||
| 1Faculty of Nursing, B.Sc.In Nursing, a Staff Nurse at Gamal Hamada Hospital, | ||||
| 2Nursing Administration Department, Faculty of Nursing ,Alexandria University | ||||
| 3Assistant professor of Nursing Administration Department, Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria University, | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Nursing staff are the largest group of professionals at the forefront of service delivery and are essential components of health systems. Improving the quality of the work-life balance of nursing staff is vital to increasing their productivity and efficacy. Additionally, nursing staff has the greatest potential to impact patient care; a good selfnursing concept will better the nurse's caring behavior. Aim of the study: The study aims to assess the quality of nursing work-life and its relationship with caring behaviors, and self-concept from nursing staff’s perspective. Research question: What is the relationship between the quality of nursing work-life, caring behaviors, and self-concept from nursing staff’s perspective? Research design A descriptive correlational design was used. Setting: This study was conducted at all inpatient units (n =11) at Shatby Hospital for Obs/GYN, which is affiliated to the Alexandria University at Alexandria Governorate. Subjects: The target population of study subjects was (n=210), who were willing to participate in the study and available at the time of data collection. Tools: To collect the necessary data for the study three tools: Quality Nursing Work-Life Scale, Caring Behaviors Inventory, and Nurse Self-Concept Questionnaire. Results: results showed that 82.86% of nurses stated the quality of their work life at a moderate level with a mean score of 3.25±1.06, 94.76% of nurses stated their caring behaviors at a high level with a mean score of 5.36±0.92, and 93.81% of nurses stated their self-concept at an acceptable level with mean score 6.93±1.14. Conclusion: the study concluded a positive statistical significance between the quality of nursing work life, caring behaviors, and nurses' self-concept levels and related dimensions except for work conditions (r=0.007) and staff relations (r = 0.025). Recommendations: healthcare managers and policymakers to implement successful plans and policies to improve QNWL. Organizations must examine factors affecting nurses’ QWL and establish strategies to improve QNWL. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Quality of nurses' work life (QNWL); Caring behaviors; Self-Concept; nursing staff | ||||
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