Developing A Guideline to Enhance Hospital Magnetic Features for Nurses at Pediatric Hospital of Mansoura University
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Developing A Guideline to Enhance Hospital Magnetic Features for Nurses at Pediatric Hospital of Mansoura University, NERVANA A. GHEITH and ABEER M. ZAKARIA
Abstract
Background: Nurses are leaving the nursing profession in large numbers. It is a matter of priority for health systems to identify possible solutions to the issues of recruitment and retention if the current nursing shortages are to be resolved. There is considerable evidence to show the success of magnet hospitals in attracting and retaining nursing staff. In particular magnet hospitals have also been shown to have consistently produced better outcomes for staff and patients, as demon-strated in job satisfaction and quality patient care.
Aims: The aim of the present study is to identify the barriers and enhancement factors of hospital magnetism to nurses as perceived by themselves and to develop a guideline to enhance hospital magnetic features to nurses.
Research Design: A cross-sectional analytic design was used in carrying out this study.
Methods: The study was conducted at Pediatric Hospital, Mansoura University. The study subjects includes 147 staff nurses and all head nurses (n=27) works in all inpatient and outpatient units. The data will be collected by using two structured tools; the first tool named hospital magnetic barriers questionnaire. It includes two parts, the first part includes demographic characteristics of the study subjects as unit, age, years of experience and educational qualification. The second part includes 25 items cover seven magnetic barriers clusters. The second tool titled hospital magnetic enhancement ques-tionnaire. This tool included 84 items cover nine magnetic enhancement cluster.
Results: It showed that there was a statistically significant difference between staff nurses and nurse managers perception regarding barriers of hospital magnetism, while there was no statistically significant difference about their perception of factors enhancing hospital magnetism.
Recommendations: It is recommended that publication of a developed guideline as a culture at pediatric hospital for encouraging hospital to go forward.