Relation between Team Work, Staffing, Satisfaction and Self-Efficacy among Nurses at Main Assiut University Hospital

Hanaa Esmail Sabra,Nahed Shawkat Abo-Elmagd

doi:10.12691/ajnr-6-6-17

Hanaa Esmail Sabra, Nahed Shawkat Abo-Elmagd

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https://doi.org/10.12691/ajnr-6-6-17

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Abstract

The study aimed to investigate the relationship between teamwork, staffing, satisfaction and self-efficacy among nurses at Main Assiut University Hospital. Design: A descriptive correlation research design was used. Subjects: The study included (161) nurses, they were convenient sample. Tools: This study utilized two tools: Tool I: The nursing team work questionnaire. Tool II: The Self-Efficacy Scale. Results: Most of nurses at Main Assiut University Hospital perceived their staff as inadequate at all working times but most of them were satisfied with their job position and team work. Conclusion: The highest mean scores of nursing team work dimensions was related to team awareness while the lowest was the team leadership comparing to all nursing team work dimensions. It was found that the higher score of nursing team work was related to ICUs comparing to other departments. Recommendations: Strategies to improve teamwork must be developed by the nurse managers through working on the all dimension of team work. Nurse manager must work to enhance the nurses' satisfaction and self-efficacy though engage the nurses in various activities.

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The team-based work structures are the main element to achieve the health care organizations' goals because team as a unit is more competent to resolve multifaceted problems more efficiently than one member working separately [1]
Study tools: Two tools were utilized for this study: Tool I: The nursing team work questionnaire; included two parts: Part 1:Personal characteristic of the participant which comprised of age, sex, department, marital status, job position, qualification, number of hours usually worked per week, experience in nursing profession, work hours, which shift do you most often work? In addition one question to measure nurses perception about staff adequacy and three questions to measure nurse's satisfaction about profession, job position and level of teamwork on their unit Part 2: The nursing team work questionnaire was developed based on the teamwork framework by Kalisch, Lee and Salas, [13]
As regard to studied nurses' qualifications, the study findings indicated that high mean score in self-efficacy was related to Bachelor nurses (Table 7)

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The team-based work structures are the main element to achieve the health care organizations' goals because team as a unit is more competent to resolve multifaceted problems more efficiently than one member working separately [1]. Each individual in the health care team is very significant in assuring quality and safety of patient care [2]. There is an expectation that the various healthcare disciplines will work together to ensure that all patients and families are receiving optimal care in any health care setting [3,4]. The nursing profession tends to focus on teamwork that associated with greater staff retention and less job stress and burnout, ensure safety and satisfaction for both the patient and staff populations [5]. Teamwork is a combined action of more than two person, in which each individual share his own skills and expresses his ideas to the harmony and competence of the group which lead to goals achievement” [6]

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