Developing the nursing practice environment scale for home health care: A trial study in Japan

A healthy work environment is a critical factor in nurse satisfaction, retention, and patient outcomes. The Practice Environment Scale of the Nursing Work Index (PES-NWI) is the most commonly used instrument to measure the nursing practice environment. This study uses meta-analysis to examine the reliability generalization of the PES-NWI. A meta-analysis of 51 studies representing a total of 80,563 subjects was conducted. The mean score reliability for the PES-NWI based on 38 studies ( n = 68,278) was .922 ( p < .05). The Mean Weighted Effect Size was stronger for studies conducted in the United States versus non-U.S. (.946 vs. .907). For studies rated high and moderate quality, the mean score reliability was .911 and .946, respectively. Scores on the PES-NWI are reliable for measuring the nursing practice environment across samples in the United States and non-U.S. countries.

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Nursing practice environment in Primary Health Care: a scoping review

Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem ◽

10.1590/0034-7167-2019-0479 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 73 (6) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Pedro Ricardo Martins Bernardes Lucas ◽

Elisabete Maria Garcia Teles Nunes

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Primary Health Care ◽

Scoping Review ◽

Nursing Practice ◽

Nurse Managers ◽

Scientific Evidence ◽

Practice Environment ◽

Search Terms ◽

Primary Health ◽

Nursing Practice Environment

ABSTRACT Objective: To examine the scientific evidence about the nursing practice environment in Primary Health Care. Methods: Three-step scoping review. 1) An initial research on CINAHL and MEDLINE. 2) A broader search using the same keywords and search terms in the remaining EBSCOHost platform databases. 3) Search the bibliographical references of the selected articles. The studies selected were from 2007 to 2018. Results: 19 articles were included, most reported findings of the nursing practice environment and results for clients, nurses, nurse managers and the efficiency of organizations, in Primary Health Care. Conclusion: Improving the environment of nursing practice has consequences on the quality of nursing care, with increased results for clients, nursing and Primary Health Care.

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HOME HEALTH CARE PRACTICE ENVIRONMENT ON JOB SATISFACTION AMONG HOME HEALTH AIDES

Innovation in Aging ◽

10.1093/geroni/igy031.3485 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 2 (suppl_1) ◽

pp. 938-938

Author(s):

S Yoon

Keyword(s):

Job Satisfaction ◽

Health Care ◽

Home Health Care ◽

Home Health ◽

Care Practice ◽

Practice Environment ◽

Health Care Practice ◽

Home Health Aides

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Assessment of the nursing practice environment in Greek Hospitals: a cross-sectional study

Journal of Research in Nursing ◽

10.1177/1744987118788705 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 23 (6) ◽

pp. 535-545 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Kalliopi Brofidi ◽

Konstantinos Vlasiadis ◽

Anastas Philalithis

Keyword(s):

Nursing Practice ◽

Public Hospitals ◽

Working Environment ◽

Practice Environment ◽

Magnet Hospitals ◽

Environment Scale ◽

Work Index ◽

Nursing Practice Environment ◽

The Us ◽

Greek Hospitals

Background The organisational characteristics of the nursing practice environment play a crucial role in nurses’ job satisfaction, job retention, quality-of-care service provision and patient outcomes. The widely used Practice Environment Scale of the Nursing Work Index assesses the favourability of these traits, showing the grade of magnetism of these factors in the workplace. Aims and methods This study aims to assess the nurse working environment at five public hospitals in Greece, and to compare these data with those of Magnet and non-Magnet hospitals. The Practice Environment Scale of the Nursing Work Index was completed by 532 nurses. Results Findings have shown that all five hospitals were assessed by nurses as unfavourable working environments. Four of five subscales were identified as unfavourable by the participants and only Collegial Nurse-Physician Relations were evaluated as a positive organisational trait. The mean scores in all five subscales of favourability were significantly lower than the corresponding scores of non-Magnet hospitals in the US. Conclusions The present study shows the favourability grade of Greek hospitals. When compared with Magnet and non-Magnet hospitals in the US, Greek hospitals were perceived as more unfavourable than non-Magnet hospitals. Action to improve the current situation must be taken by hospital management, supporting nurse involvement, continuous education, changing human resources management and adopting evaluation procedures.

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