Special Topic: Oral Care
Investigation and research on working environment of nurses in a Class Ⅲ Grade A hospital of stomatology in Beijing
Gan Lu, Li Hua, Li Xiue, Shang Wenhan, Wang Qian, Wang Chunli
Published 2020-07-06
Cite as Chin J Mod Nurs, 2020, 26(19): 2526-2530. DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn115682-20190423-01367
Abstract
ObjectiveTo investigate the current situation of working environment of nurses in a ClassⅢ Grade A hospital of stomatology in Beijing so as to provide basis for nursing managers to improve working environment of nursing staff of oral nursing staff.
MethodsThe convenient sampling method was used to select 894 oral nursing staff in a ClassⅢ Grade A hospital of stomatology in Beijing in August 2018 as the research objects. The General Questionnaire and the Nurses' Working Environment Evaluation electronic questionnaire were used for the survey, and the nonparametric test method was used to compare the total score and dimension scores of nurses' working environment of different social demographic data.
ResultsA total of 894 questionnaires were distributed and 564 valid questionnaires were recovered. The score of working environment of nurses in stomatological hospital was [96.72 (90.06, 99.30) ]. The dimension with the highest score was medical care cooperation, and the lowest dimension was hospital management participation. Univariate analysis results showed that the total scores of working environment of nursing staff in different departments were statistically different (P<0.01) . There were statistically significant differences in the scores of nurses from different departments in the seven dimensions of hospital management participation, clinical nursing professionalism, quality management, medical care cooperation, human resource allocation, social status and salary treatment (P<0.05) . There were statistically significant differences in scores of hospital management participation among nurses of different ages and educational backgrounds (P<0.05) . The differences in the scores of the dimensions of leadership and communication and quality management among nurses of different positions were statistically significant (P<0.05) .
ConclusionsThe working environment of nurses in stomatological hospital is generally good and the medical cooperation is close and harmonious, but the hospital management mode and nurses' salary and benefits distribution system still need to be improved. Nursing managers should improve the nurses' working environment according to the characteristics of different departments and nurse groups.
Key words:
Mouth; Nurses; Working environment; Cross-sectional study
Contributor Information
Gan Lu
Department of Nursing, Peking University Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing 100081, China
Li Hua
Department of Nursing, Peking University Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing 100081, China
Li Xiue
Department of Nursing, Peking University Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing 100081, China
Shang Wenhan
Nursing and Rehabilitation Management Research Department, National Institute of Hospital Administration, National Health Commission, Beijing 100044, China
Wang Qian
Department of Nursing, Peking University Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing 100081, China
Wang Chunli
Department of Nursing, Peking University Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing 100081, China
