Impact of Covid-19 on the Environments of Professional Nursing Practice and Nurses’ Job Satisfaction

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ID15513792
AuthorsOlga Maria Pimenta Lopes Ribeiro (0000-0001-9982-9537, Escola Superior de Enfermagem do Porto, corresponding author), Vânia Maria Oliveira Coimbra (North Region Health Administration, 4000-447 Porto, Portugal), Soraia Cristina de Abreu Pereira (0000-0002-8011-378X, North Region Health Administration, 4000-447 Porto, Portugal), Ana da Conceição Alves Faria (0000-0002-5838-0080, North Region Health Administration, 4000-447 Porto, Portugal), Pedro Teles (0000-0001-7969-1403, Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento), Carla Gomes da Rocha (0000-0002-6302-7732, HES-SO Valais-Wallis)
Year2022
Volume19
Issue24
Pages16908-16908
Publication date2022-12-16
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph192416908
PMID36554789
OpenAlexW4312195881
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited23

(1) Background: The repercussions of work environments were widely studied before the pandemic. However, there are still many difficulties to be discovered considering the impact generated by it. Thus, this study aimed to analyse the impact of COVID-19 on nursing practice environments and nurses' job satisfaction. (2) Methods: A correlational study was conducted in a hospital in northern Portugal, with the participation of 416 registered nurses. Data were collected in June 2021 through questionnaires. The study was approved by the Institutional Ethics Committee. (3) Results: COVID-19 had a favourable impact on the structure component of the practice environments; the process component decreased compared to the pre-pandemic period; the outcome component remained moderately favourable to the quality of care. Nurses were not very satisfied or not at all satisfied with their valuation and remuneration; moderately satisfied with the leadership and staffing; and satisfied with the organisation and resources, co-workers and valuation by patients and families. In more favourable environments, nurses' job satisfactions were higher. (4) Conclusions: Identifying the dimensions with the best and worst scores allowed the institution's managers to concentrate efforts on where improvements were needed, thus preparing professional contexts for the recovery of care activities

Business · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Job satisfaction · Pandemic · Remuneration · Staffing · Valuation (finance · COVID-19 and Mental Health · Disaster Response and Management · Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Accounting

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