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Volume 6, Issue 3 (Suppl) J Nurs Care
ISSN: 2167-1168 JNC, an open access journal Nursing Edu 2017
May 22- 24, 2017
May 22- 24, 2017 Osaka, Japan
20th World Nursing
Education Conference
Jordanian nursing work environments, intent to stay, and job satisfaction
Zaid Al-Hamdan
Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine associations among the nursing work environment, nurse job satisfaction, and
intent to stay for nurses who practice in hospitals in Jordan.
Design: A quantitative descriptive cross-sectional survey design was used.
Methods: Data were collected through survey questionnaires distributed to 650 registered nurses who worked in three hospitals in
Jordan. The self-report questionnaire consisted of three instruments and demographic questions. The instruments were the Practice
Environment Scale of the Nursing Work Index (PES-NWI), the McCain Intent to Stay scale, and Quinn and Shepard’s (1974) Global
Job Satisfaction survey. Descriptive statistics were calculated for discrete measures of demographic characteristics of the study
participants. Multivariate linear regression models were used to explore relationships among the nursing work environment, job
satisfaction, and intent to stay, adjusting for unit type.
Findings: There was a positive association between nurses’ job satisfaction and the nursing work environment (t=6.42, p<0.001). For
each one unit increase in the total score of the PES-NWI, nurses’ average job satisfaction increased by 1.3 points, controlling for other
factors. Overall, nurses employed in public hospitals were more satisfied than those working in teaching hospitals. The nursing work
environment was positively associated with nurses’ intent to stay (t=4.83, p<0.001). The Intent to Stay score increased by 3.6 points
for every one unit increase in the total PES-NWI score on average. The highest Intent to Stay scores were reported by nurses from
public hospitals.
Conclusion: The work environment was positively associated with nurses’ Intent to Stay and job satisfaction. More attention should
be paid to create positive work environments to increase job satisfaction for nurses and increase their Intent to Stay.
Clinical Relevance: Hospital and nursemanagers and health care policymakers urgently need to create satisfactorywork environments
supporting nursing practice in order to increase nurses’ job satisfaction and Intent to Stay.
Biography
Zaid M Al-Hamdan, PhD, RN, is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Nursing, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan. He achieved his
PhD in Nursing Management from De Montfort University in the UK, and his Post-doctorate Certificate from the University of Michigan. He has more than 25 years
of experience in the clinical and educational field and has published over 15 research papers in different journals and had many oral presentations in different
international conferences. He serves as Chair of IRB at the Jordan University of Science and Technology’s School of Nursing. He also serves as a Reviewer
and Editorial Board Member for many international nursing journals. On top of that, he also serves as a Supervisor and Co-supervisor for many Master’s nursing
students. He serves as Curriculum Development Consultant for many universities in the region.
Zaid Al-Hamdan, J Nurs Care 2017, 6:3 (Suppl)