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The moderating effects of structural characteristics of wards in general hospitals on the relationship between professional management and quality of care
Author(s) -
PhD T. HENDEL,
PhD Y. BARTAL
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of nursing management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.925
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1365-2834
pISSN - 0966-0429
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2834.1994.tb00132.x
Subject(s) - nursing management , moderation , quality (philosophy) , nursing , medicine , sample size determination , psychology , social psychology , statistics , philosophy , mathematics , epistemology
The present research examined the moderating effects of three structural characteristics of wards: ward type (surgical vs medical), size, and hospital size on the relationship between professional management and quality of nursing care (QNC) on the ward. The sample consisted of 119 wards situated in general hospitals in Israel. The results of the three regression analyses show that only hospital size, had a moderating effect. Further analysis of the interaction showed that the effect of professional ward management on QNC was greater in large than in small or medium‐sized hospitals. In addition, ward size was found to have a great effect, i.e. larger wards had lower QNC. Finally, in all three analyses professional management achieved significance, that is, better management is associated with higher QNC.