The relationship between the quality of working life and critical thinking of nurses in Milad Hospital of Isfahan, Iran

BackgroundThe quality of working life depends on the working conditions of the staff, and the decline in the quality of nurses' working life leads to a decline in the delivery of clinical services.ObjectivesThe purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between qualities of working life and critical thinking in nurses.MethodsThe present study is descriptive-correlational that was conducted on 123 nurses working in Milad Hospital in Isfahan. The data collection tools included demographic information questionnaire, Nursing Critical Thinking in Clinical Practice Questionnaire, and Quality of Nursing Work Life Scale. Data collection was carried out during December, 2018. The data were analyzed in SPSS software version 23 using descriptive statistics including mean, standard deviation, and frequency as well as analytical statistics including Pearson correlation coefficient.ResultsAccording to the results, a majority of the participants in the present study were females (52%). The score of nurses' critical thinking was found to be 319.76. The total average of nurses' quality of working life was reported as 138.70. Based on these results, there was no significant relationship between quality of working life and critical thinking in nurses.ConclusionThe results of this study indicated that the critical thinking of nurses is good, and the quality of working life is moderate. There was also no relationship between critical thinking and quality of working life