Εργασιακό περιβάλλον και εργασιακές σχέσεις νοσηλευτών σε νοσοκομεία
Working environment and working relations of nurses in hospitals
Master Thesis
Author
Κορδώση, Ειρήνη
Date
2016View/ Open
Keywords
Εργασιακές σχέσεις ; Εργασιακό περιβάλλον ; Ικανοποίηση ; Νοσηλευτές ; Working relations ; Working environment ; Satisfaction ; NurseAbstract
Introduction: The healthy working relations and the work environment have been
characterized as very important factors in retaining nurses in their job. The purpose of
this study is to investigate the working environment and working relations of nurses in a
public hospital in Greece.
Methodology: This is a prospective cross-sectional correlation study. We used a
questionnaire with 73 questions with good internal consistency (a = 0,846).
Results: The study involved 96 nurses. Most of them had technological education
(53.1%), previous experience 10 to 20 years (44.2%), and were permanent full-time
employees (80%). Out of the total respondents, 57.3% believe that their work has
neither small nor great interest, while on average they believe that their supervisor
respects them (3,8 ± 0,5), criticizes them for mistakes (3,5 ± 0,6), is conciliatory (2,7 ±
1,1), is not strict (2,3 ± 0,9), is pressing (1,8 ± 0,9) and is demanding ( 1,9 ± 0,9) to a
small extent, while he is polite (3,2 ± 0,6), fair (3,1 ± 0,5) and mentor (2,6 ± 0,6). Also,
respondents indicated that it is unfair to employ nurses in positions other than clinical
(3,8 ± 0,4). The working relationships with their colleagues in their department is
modest (2,9 ± 0,6), while the working relationships with colleagues of different
departments and other staff of the hospital are bad (2,4 ± 0,7 and 2, 4 ± 0,6,
respectively). Respondents answered that future promotion prospects in the hospital are
almost nonexistent (1,9 ± 0,5) and they are not satisfied at all with their salary (1,1 ±
0,3).
Conclusions: With the severe shortage of nursing staff present in hospitals in Greece,
the nurses’ leaders need to be creative and do everything they can in order to improve
the working environment.