Quality of work life of professional nurses in a big private hospital in Bangkok Metropolis

Abstract

Objectives :(1). To determine the levels of quality of work life (QWL) of professional nurses working in a big private hospital in Bangkok Metropolis. (2). To describe and identify the factors affecting the QWL of professional nurses in a big private hospital in Bangkok Metropolis. Research Design :Cross-sectional descriptive study Research Methodology :A hundred and one professional nurses who met the eligibility criteria from a big private hospital in Bangkok Metropolis was selected by purposive sampling technique. Data was collected by standardized self-administrated questionnaire. Result :QWL of professional nurses was classified to Fair (49.5%) and Poor QWL (50.5%) level. Fourteen variables shown significant associated with QWL on univariate analysis. Multiple logistic regression model was used to determine the magnitude of association of each variables affecting QWL. Finally three factors like “Interesting job”, “Satisfied with job for the time being” and “Dislike job” produced high odds ratios with valid confidence intervals and significance at p < .05. “Disappointed in job” shown highly impressive odds ratios but was not statistically significant. Conclusion and recommendation : The private hospital administrators would gain their understanding on nursing perspective from the result of this study and could use this information to launch QWL program for professional nurses motivation and maintenance. The patients also would receive indirect benefit from improvement of nursing quality.