A Abd Elhakam, E., M Abd El Rahman, S., A Abd El Fattah, M. (2016). Quality of work life as perceived by staff nurses and its relation to their turnover intention at critical care units. test, 7(3), 18-32. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2016.54588
Essam A Abd Elhakam; Safaa M Abd El Rahman; Magda A Abd El Fattah. "Quality of work life as perceived by staff nurses and its relation to their turnover intention at critical care units". test, 7, 3, 2016, 18-32. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2016.54588
A Abd Elhakam, E., M Abd El Rahman, S., A Abd El Fattah, M. (2016). 'Quality of work life as perceived by staff nurses and its relation to their turnover intention at critical care units', test, 7(3), pp. 18-32. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2016.54588
A Abd Elhakam, E., M Abd El Rahman, S., A Abd El Fattah, M. Quality of work life as perceived by staff nurses and its relation to their turnover intention at critical care units. test, 2016; 7(3): 18-32. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2016.54588

Quality of work life as perceived by staff nurses and its relation to their turnover intention at critical care units

Egyptian Journal of Health Care
Article 2, Volume 7, Issue 3, September 2016, Pages 18-32    PDF (272.12 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2016.54588
Authors
Essam A Abd Elhakam1; Safaa M Abd El Rahman1; Magda A Abd El Fattah2
1Nursing administration department, faculty of nursing/ Minia University, Egypt
2Nursing Administration department, faculty of nursing / Cairo University, Egypt
Abstract
A high quality of work life (QWL) is essential and critical for hospitals to attract new nurses
and retain qualified and motivated workforce. Consequently, hospitals are seeking ways to
address the issues of recruitment and retention by achieving a high QWL. The aim of this study
was to assess quality of work life as perceived by staff nurses and its relation to their turnover
intention at critical care units. A descriptive correlational design was utilized. The study was
conducted at 5 critical care units in Minia university Hospital. A convenience sample of (80)
staff nurses working in critical care units was used. Two tools were utilized; first tool was a
modified Quality of Nursing Work Life (QWL) Questionnaire and the second tool was turnover
intention questionnaire. The findings of study indicated that (71.3%) of participants reported that
they had average level of quality of working life and as for turnover intention among participants,
(75%) of them had the intention to leave the hospital. Finally, a significant negative correlation
was found between Quality of work life as perceived by staff nurses and their turnover intention
at critical care unit. The study concluded that it is important to promote and maintain quality of
work life of nurses for increasing productivity, reducing turnover and improving quality of care.
The study recommended that Hospital administrators might be able to improve the level of
QWL by increasing nurses’ satisfaction with job security professional recognition, work
conditions, work schedule, workload and nursing staffing.
Keywords
Quality of Nursing Work Life; Turnover Intention; Staff nurses; critical care units
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