ASSOCIATION BETWEEN NURSES’ QUALITY OF WORK LIFE AND COMPLIANCE WITH STANDARD PRECAUTIONS: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY FROM PALESTINE
| dc.contributor.author | Salwa Mohammad Asaad | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-05-22T06:20:34Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-05-22T06:20:34Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023-06-11 | |
| dc.description.abstract | In nearly all healthcare facilities globally, nurses constitute the most populous cadre of healthcare practitioners. The quality of nursing work life and adherence to the standard precautions were less than optimal. The objective of this investigation was to evaluate the degree to which nurses in governmental healthcare institutions in Palestine adhere to established guidelines for universal precautions and to assess the quality of their professional livelihood. This study was carried out in a descriptive cross-sectional design in six government hospitals in the West Bank. The questionnaire contained compliance with the standard precautions scale (CSPS) and the Brooks Quality of nursing work life (BQNWL) survey. A total of 257 nurses participated in this study and returned completed questionnaires. The mean percentage of ideal compliance was 77.1% ± 9.8% and 10 (3.9%) nurses had a CSPS % of ideal compliance of < 60%. Nurses in obstetrics, operations room, incubator unit, internal medicine, surgery, and renal unit were more likely to score ≥ 60% of ideal compliance. The BQNWL total score mean was found to be 177.0 ± 30.2. In detail, the mean scores were 28.5 ± 6.5, 43.2 ± 7.8, 88.5 ± 17.3, and 16.8 ± 5.5 in the work life-home life, work design, work context, and work world domains, correspondingly. Moreover, a statistically significant weak positive association was observed between CSPS scores and BQNWL scores, with a Pearson’s r of 0.16 and p-value of 0.011. Furthermore, a significantly low positive correlation was identified between CSPS scores and work context scores, with a Pearson’s r of 0.19 and p-value of 0.003. Nurses working in different hospitals in Palestine reported moderate adherence to standard precautions. Conversely, the nurses who participated in the study reported a moderately elevated quality of professional nursing livelihood. Specifically, female nurses reported a greater degree of compliance with universal precautions and a higher caliber of nursing work in comparison to their male counterparts. Additionally, a statistically significant weak positive correlation was detected between CSPS and BQNWL scores. In light of these results, healthcare policymakers and administrators may benefit from taking these findings into account to enhance nurses' adherence to established protocols and to improve the quality of their professional work life. Keywords: Infection control; Nursing; Quality of nursing work; Standard precautions. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11888/18745 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.supervisor | Dr. Sa'ed Zyoud Dr. Abdulsalam Alkaiyat | |
| dc.title | ASSOCIATION BETWEEN NURSES’ QUALITY OF WORK LIFE AND COMPLIANCE WITH STANDARD PRECAUTIONS: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY FROM PALESTINE | |
| dc.type | Thesis |