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Association between nursing work environment and compassion satisfaction among clinical nurses
Author(s) -
Baek Jihyun,
Cho Hyeonmi,
Han Kihye,
Lee Haeyoung
Publication year - 2020
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/jonm.12937
Subject(s) - burnout , compassion , job satisfaction , nursing , compassion fatigue , nursing management , work environment , staffing , human resources , multilevel model , human resource management , medicine , work (physics) , psychology , clinical psychology , social psychology , mechanical engineering , political science , law , engineering , knowledge management , management , machine learning , economics , computer science
Aim This study investigated the association between nursing work environment and compassion satisfaction among clinical nurses. Background Nursing work environment and compassion satisfaction are important factors for preventing burnout and decreasing clinical nurse turnover. Method This study used a secondary analysis and obtained data from a previous cross‐sectional study. Results The mean scores (mean ± SD ) for the nursing work environment and compassion satisfaction were 2.54 ± 0.34 and 33.40 ± 6.69, respectively. As the results of hierarchical regression, staffing and resources (β = 0.175, p = .002) and collegial nurse–physician relationships (β = 0.103, p = .038) were significantly associated with compassion satisfaction. Conclusion Improving the nursing work environment could be an effective way to boost compassion satisfaction among nurses. Therefore, organizational support for adequate human resources and materials and mutual relations among nurses and physicians are needed. Implications for nursing management Improvements to the work environment and the management of human resource may increase compassion satisfaction in clinical nurses.