Identifying and prioritizing organizational components of quality of work life of nurses working in the care department of patients with COVID-19 in Isfahan

Subject Areas : Industrial

Mahnaz Ahmadi ¹ , Zohre Moosavi ² , Parvaneh Khorasani ³

1 - Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Isfahan University, Isfahan, Iran
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Organizational Industrial Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran.
3 - Nursing and Midwifery Care Research Center, Department of Community Health and Aging Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

Received: 2021-09-22 Accepted : 2022-03-09 Published : 2023-11-22

Keywords: qality of work life, COVID-19, nurses,

Abstract :

The aim of this study was to identify and prioritize the organizational components of quality of work life of nurses in the care department of patients with Covid-19 in Isfahan. The research method was mixed. In the qualitative part, the content analysis method was used and in the quantitative part, the descriptive-survey method was used. The statistical population included nurses in the care department of patients with Covid-19 in hospitals in Isfahan. In the qualitative part of the content analysis method, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 12 nurses in a purposeful manner. In the quantitative section, 300 nurses were selected by convenience sampling method and using a researcher-made questionnaire, the identified components were prioritized using the "Friedman" test. Organizational components affecting the quality of work life of nurses were identified and prioritized as follows: Feeling of injustice in the ward and hospital, Atmosphere of cooperation and professional intimacy in the ward and hospital, The quality of job relationships with managers and superiors, Awareness of danger and feeling of danger in the workplace, Workplace safety, Proportional division of job duties of ward nurses, Training and monitoring of safety principles, Effective and related training for COVID-19 virus.

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