AUTHOR=Alzoubi Majdi M. , Al-momani Shaimaa , Al-Mugheed Khalid , Owiedat Islam , Shosha Ghada Mohammad Abu , Alabdullah Amany Anwar Saeed , Alsenany Samira Ahmed , Abdelaliem Sally Mohammed Farghaly 

TITLE=Assessment of the quality of nursing work life and its related factors among critical care nurses

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Public Health

VOLUME=12

YEAR=2024

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1305686

DOI=10.3389/fpubh.2024.1305686

ISSN=2296-2565

ABSTRACT=<sec id="sec1"><title>Background</title><p>Quality of work life (QWL) refers to the degree to which employees contribute to the organization’s goals while also experiencing personal and professional satisfaction. This study conducted to evaluate the quality of nursing work life (QNWL) level and its associated factors among nurses working in critical care units.</p></sec><sec id="sec2"><title>Methods</title><p>A convenience sample technique among critical care nurses in Jordan by using a cross-sectional, descriptive design. A self-reported questionnaire was used. A Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), and the Andersson and Lindgren questionnaires scale were used in data collection.</p></sec><sec id="sec3"><title>Results</title><p>The total mean scores of QNWL were <italic>M</italic> = 86.17 (SD = 35.12), which is slightly below the expected middle value (87.5). The nurses have a higher psychological relation, <italic>M</italic> = 18.28 (SD = 8.99), whereas they have the lowest competence development, <italic>M</italic> = 11.44 (SD = 5.56). There was statistical significance between workplace noise, and workplace sources of noise, quality of sleep and QNWL.</p></sec><sec id="sec4"><title>Conclusion</title><p>The outcomes also highlighted the significance of undertaking additional interventional research studies in the future in order to identify practical strategies to improve nurses QNWL. As a result, the nursing care given to the patients and their families may be improved.</p></sec>