Quality of Nursing Work-Life and its Relationship with Caring Behaviors, and Self-Concept from Nursing Staff’s Perspective

Abstract

Background: Nursing staff are the largest group of professionals at the forefront of service delivery and are essentialcomponents of health systems. Improving the quality of the work-life balance of nursing staff is vital to increasing theirproductivity and efficacy. Additionally, nursing staff has the greatest potential to impact patient care; a good selfnursingconcept will better the nurse's caring behavior. Aim of the study: The study aims to assess the quality of nursingwork-life and its relationship with caring behaviors, and self-concept from nursing staff’s perspective. Researchquestion: What is the relationship between the quality of nursing work-life, caring behaviors, and self-concept fromnursing staff’s perspective? Research design A descriptive correlational design was used. Setting: This study wasconducted at all inpatient units (n =11) at Shatby Hospital for Obs/GYN, which is affiliated to the Alexandria Universityat Alexandria Governorate. Subjects: The target population of study subjects was (n=210), who were willing toparticipate in the study and available at the time of data collection. Tools: To collect the necessary data for the studythree tools: Quality Nursing Work-Life Scale, Caring Behaviors Inventory, and Nurse Self-Concept Questionnaire.Results: results showed that 82.86% of nurses stated the quality of their work life at a moderate level with a mean scoreof 3.25±1.06, 94.76% of nurses stated their caring behaviors at a high level with a mean score of 5.36±0.92, and 93.81%of nurses stated their self-concept at an acceptable level with mean score 6.93±1.14. Conclusion: the study concludeda positive statistical significance between the quality of nursing work life, caring behaviors, and nurses' self-conceptlevels and related dimensions except for work conditions (r=0.007) and staff relations (r = 0.025). Recommendations:healthcare managers and policymakers to implement successful plans and policies to improve QNWL. Organizationsmust examine factors affecting nurses’ QWL and establish strategies to improve QNWL.