The Effect of Quality Hospital's Environment on nurses’ satisfaction and their Compliance with safety Precautions

Abstract

Background: Increasing the nurses work environment quality is critical in the context of global paucity of qualified nurses. Workplace satisfaction has been a major factor in motivating positive job behavior. Research Aim: evaluate the effect of quality hospital's environment on nurses' satisfaction and their compliance with safety precautions. Research design: A descriptive design was utilized. Setting: Helwan General Hospital. Subject: A convenience sample was utilized to select the study population. Tools: Four tools were used as 1 st tool predesigned questionnaire include (personal characteristics), 2 nd tool "Quality of Hospital's Environment" and 3 rd tool "Job Satisfaction scale" and 4 th tool "Compliance with safety Precautions scale". Results: (60%) of respondent nurses complied with safety precautions, regarding to the total satisfactory level of quality of hospital's environment; it clarifies that 77 % of the respondent were satisfied. Conclusions: The conclusion can be drawn from this study would be that there were satisfactory level of quality of hospital environment and job satisfaction among the respondent nurses. Nurses satisfied with their work environment were willing to comply with safety precautions. Recommendation: Improving hospital environment to maintain high job satisfaction of nurses. Enhance compliance of safety precautions through encouragement and appreciating good performance, challengeable abilities activities to remain the nurse active all the time and encouraging teamwork spirit among nurses.