The Impact Of Hospital Work Environment On Nurses’ Performance In Critical Care Setting

Abstract

Background: The work environment is considered an important factor for the success of any healthcare organization that keeps upstanding and can compete with others to achieve the organization and employee’s goals. The context of healthcare delivery is rapidly changing. Such, care delivery is affected by the complexity of diseases, and technological development, all of which increase demands for high quality of care worldwide. So the nurses' work environment is getting global interest because there is a growing consensus that identifying opportunities for improving working conditions in hospitals. The study aims: To assess the relationship between hospital work environments on nurses' performance in critical care setting. Methods: A descriptive correlational design was co[1]nducted at Hospital in Jeddah, KSA. Nurses worked on critical care units (95 nurses).Tools of data collection: Two tools, the first tool was nurses' work environment tool and the second tool was observational nursing performance. Results: These findings revealed that the majority of nurses had bad work as well as unsatisfactory performance. Conclusion: There were positive correlation between nurse's work environment and their performance (p= 0.002**) Recommendations: Enhance a supportive work environment by the nurse manager as effective way to increase nurses' psychological bonding and enhancing positive work-related outcomes that may, in turn, enhance their performance.