Quality of work life among professional nurse in Banpong Hospital

Abstract

        This cross-sectional study aims to assess the quality of work life, perceived organizational climate, and work values of professional nurses at Ban Pong Hospital and to examine the relationships between personal characteristics, perceived organizational climate, work values, and quality of work life among these nurses. The research instruments included a personal information questionnaire, a quality of work life questionnaire for professional nurses, an organizational climate perception questionnaire, and a work values questionnaire. These instruments were validated by three experts, with item objective congruence indices ranging from 0.67 to 1.0, and Cronbach's alpha coefficients of 0.921, 0.916, and 0.839, respectively. Stepwise multiple regression was employed for data analysis.
        The findings revealed that 53.80% of the professional nurses at Ban Pong Hospital had a quality of work life that needed improvement. The overall the perceptions of organizational climate and work values were at a moderate level, at 62.80% and 61.40%, respectively. The perceptions of organizational climate and work values were significantly associated with the quality of work life of professional nurses at Ban Pong Hospital (p < .001). The factors predicting the quality of work life among these nurses included participation in decision-making, internal organizational communication, position level, and attitudes toward compensation. These factors collectively explained 61.60% of the variance in quality of work life (R² adj. = .617).