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Managing during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study of health care workers' perceived organizational support and its consequences on their compassion, resilience and turnover intention.
Ahmed, Fatma Refaat; Bani-Issa, Wegdan; Timmins, Fionna; Dias, Jacqueline Maria; Al-Yateem, Nabeel; Subu, Muhammad Arsyad; Alzahmi, Shaikhah Mohamed; Saqan, Roba; Abdul Rahman, Hanif; AbuRuz, Mohannad Eid.
  • Ahmed FR; Department of Nursing, College of Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
  • Bani-Issa W; Department of Critical Care and Emergency Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.
  • Timmins F; Department of Nursing, College of Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
  • Dias JM; Research Institute of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
  • Al-Yateem N; School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
  • Subu MA; Department of Nursing, College of Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
  • Alzahmi SM; Department of Nursing, College of Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
  • Saqan R; Department of Nursing, College of Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
  • Abdul Rahman H; Nursing Policies and Standards Section, Emirate Health Services, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
  • AbuRuz ME; Research Institute of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
J Nurs Manag ; 30(7): 2642-2652, 2022 Oct.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2152808
ABSTRACT

AIM:

The aim of this study is to evaluate health care professionals' perceived organizational support and its effect on their compassion, resilience and turnover intention in the United Arab Emirates.

BACKGROUND:

The COVID-19 pandemic exerted unprecedented pressure on health care systems, professionals and management systems. Health care organizations begin to explore their roles and function in relation to risks and resilience, in addition to ascertain what level of organization support they are providing to their workers.

METHODS:

A cross-sectional study was conducted with a questionnaire administered to 538 health care workers, to examine their personal resources and organizational support during the pandemic.

RESULTS:

A total of 37.7% of nurses were found to have a moderate level of resilience, logistic regression showed that being married is a protective factor against resigning from the profession (OR = 0.462, P = .012, 95% CI 0.254-0.842), and health care workers who perceived higher organizational support were approximately 50% less likely to have a turnover intention (OR = 0.506, P = .009, 95% CI 0.303-0.845). Multiple linear regression model indicated significantly higher resilience among physicians (ß = 0.12, P < .05) and allied health care practitioners (ß = 0.12, P = .022). Organizational support had a significant positive relationship with resilience scores (ß = 0.20, P < .001); adequate training was significantly related to higher compassion levels (ß = 0.11, P < .05) and high organizational support scores were associated with increased compassion scores (ß = 0.27, P < .001).

CONCLUSIONS:

Front-line health care workers reported moderate organizational support during the pandemic, commensurately reflected in moderate levels of personal resilience and self-compassion. Continued and better support is vital for employee sustainability and the increased health system performance, including quality of care and patient outcomes. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING MANAGEMENT Nurse managers should help health care workers improve self-care strategies by strengthening personal resources, including shortened duty hours, offering adequate break time, providing a safe work climate and purveying adequate personal protective equipment and supplies to combat infections. They should build an empathetic work environment through understanding the needs of staff, helping tackle their work stress and sustaining cultures of compassion through promoting rewarding and flexibility strategies. Moreover, policymakers and nurse mangers should create a rewarding culture for nurses and other health care workers to increase their commitment to their jobs.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: COVID-19 Type of study: Etiology study / Experimental Studies / Observational study / Prognostic study / Randomized controlled trials Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: J Nurs Manag Journal subject: Nursing Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Jonm.13824

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: COVID-19 Type of study: Etiology study / Experimental Studies / Observational study / Prognostic study / Randomized controlled trials Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: J Nurs Manag Journal subject: Nursing Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Jonm.13824