relationship between nurses' perception of the organizational work climate and their job empowerment

Organizational climate is set of measurable aspects of challenge working environment perceived directly and indirectly by the employees who are working together within the organization. Each organization has its own unique climate. Therefore organizational climate is one of the most powerful factors enrich the effects of nurses' sense of empowerment. Aim of the study to identify the relation between nurses' perception of the organizational work climate and their job empowerment. A correlation descriptive design was used in this study. Settings the study was conducted in all general medical, surgical units and their specialties with bed capacity 743 beds at Main University hospital. Subjects All nurses were available at time of data collection in the previously mentioned settings were included in the study [n=333]. Tools: two tools were used to collect data in this study namely: Organizational Climate Questionnaire developed by Martein [2006], It consists of thirty statements, classified under ten dimensions. A condition for work effectiveness questionnaire [CWEQ] developed by Lashinger [2001], it composed nineteen [n=19] statements that measure six subscales, namely: access to opportunity, information, support, resources, formal power and informal power. There was a moderate positive significant correlation between organizational climate dimensions and overall nurses' job empowerment subscales, as well as significant difference between both the organizational climate dimensions, and job empowerment subscales in relation to nurses' age, age; years of experiences in the hospital and in the units. In conclusion, enhancing work climate through encouragement of participative decision making, team building, fair compensation and recognition. Nurses managers should increase nurses', level of structure empowerment by identify barriers to accessing information, support, resources, and opportunities within the work environment and implement strategies to provide grater access to power

Relationship between managerial strategy and nurses' commitment at private hospitals

Nurses' commitment is crucial issue from both a theoretical and managerial perspectives. Therefore, to strengthen the involvement of nurses in the organization, it is necessary to identify the process by which commitment is promoted in their workplace. The study aims to investigate the relationship between managerial strategy and nurse's commitment. The study was conducted in all units at three private hospitals with bed capacity more than 75 beds namely. El-Salama hospital, Germany hospital, Mebarah El-Asafr hospital. All nurses in the middle first and practical managerial levels with at least one year experience in the previously mentioned settings were included in the study [n=247]: Organizational commitment questionnaire developed by Brewer et al [1995] was used to identify the relationship between the managerial strategy, and nurse' commitment. The questionnaire consists of 69 items grouped in three dimensions namely: management strategy, nurse's commitment, and], nurse's resistance. There was moderate positive significant correlation between management strategy and overall nurse' commitment, as well as moderate positive significant correlation between overall management strategy and overall nurses' resistance to work

Assessment of organizational performance in intensive care units at Alexandria university hospitals

A major challenge to the healthcare executive is to put together an organization that maximizes productivity, quality and market share while not losing sight of the organization's mission to serve the health needs of the community. Assess the organizational performance of ICUs in terms of shared cultural values, managerial practices and individual well-being dimensions, and determine the interrelations between the different dimensions of organizational performance of ICUs. It is a descriptive, cross- sectional study. This study was conducted in 19 Intensive Care Units [ICUs] at Alexandria University Hospital. The study subjects included 30% of the nurses [N= 135], and physicians [59] who were working in the previously mentioned ICUs and were available at the time of data collection. The study subjects were selected randomly The study used the Arabic translation of Multidimensional Organizational Performance Questionnaire. This tool geared towards assessment of dimensions of organizational performance of ICUs. Statistical significant difference between total mean score of the physicians' and the nurses' perception towards organizational culture, the four elements of the performance unit effectiveness and individual wellbeing dimensions of the organizational performance. Nurses and physicians differed in their perception toward the four dimensions of the organizational performance. Nurses were more "lacking task-security orientation" element of organizational culture dimension than the physician. Also, they show less skill in their relation with patients and caregivers but they are more likely to stay at their work than physicians

disposition of the undergraduate university nursing students toward critical thinking

Thinking is essential to a safe, competent, skillful nursing practice. It helps nurses to identify options from which to choose solutions in client care situations. The disposition toward critical thinking was considered to be crucial to a good critical thinker. Accordingly, the seven critical thinking dispositional characteristics, which are constituents of an overall disposition toward critical thinking were identified, namely: Truth seeking, Open-mindedness, Analyticity, Systematicity, Self-confidence, Inquisitiveness and Maturity. The aim of this study was to determine critical thinking disposition among Alexandria University undergraduate nursing students. The study was carried out in all the four academic year at the Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria University. The sample comprised all undergraduate nursing students of the four academic years [N= 752]. The California Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory [CCTDI] developed by Facione P. and Facione N. [1990] was used to collect data concerning the disposition of the undergraduate nursing students towards critical thinking. It consists of two parts: the first part, included the demographic data of the students. The second part, consisted of 75 items grouped into the previously mentioned seven dispositional characteristics. All items of the seven dispositional characteristics were scrambled. Students responded using a 6-point Likert scale ranging from "strongly agree" to "strongly disagree". Undergraduate nursing students of the four academic years got the highest mean scores in the dispositional characteristic of Inquisitiveness and Analyticity. Meanwhile, they got the lowest mean scores in the dispositional characteristics of Truth seeking and Open-mindedness. The mean scores of the first year students were the highest in all of the dispositional characteristics except in Truth seeking. A statistical significant difference was found in relation to mean scores of the undergraduate nursing students of the four academic years in relation to all of the dispositional characteristics except for the dispositional characteristic of Self-confidence. The study showed that the majority of the undergraduate nursing students at the Faculty of Nursing, University of Alexandria regardless of their academic year showed ambivalent disposition towards most of the dispositional characteristics and the overall CCTDI. They got the highest mean scores in Inquisitiveness and Analyticity. Meanwhile, they got the lowest mean scores in Truth seeking and Open-mindedness