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    Caring Processes and Level of Engagement among Informal Caregivers of Older Persons in a Tertiary Hospital in Metro Manila, Philippines
    (Maria Victoria T. Ramos, 2023-05-04) Ramos, Maria Victoria T.
    Informal caregiver care is a critical aspect that is involved among hospitalized older persons. The study aims to identify the association between the caring processes and the level of informal caregiver engagement. The Caring process among informal caregivers of older persons was identified using a Likert style questionnaire. It is composed of five determinants, namely Knowing, Being With, Doing for, Enabling, and Maintaining Belief. The first phase of Knowing involved being overall aware of the condition of the informal caregivers admitted older person. Being with is the second caring process in which the informal caregiver was physically and emotionally with the patient. Doing for is the third phase in which care was rendered with dignity, as if the older person were doing it for himself. The fourth process is enabling, in which the transition of care was facilitated towards self-care. Lastly, maintaining belief focused on maintaining the older person¶s hope and faith-filled attitude as he or she continued with his or her life. The level of informal caregiver engagement was identified following the principles of caregiver engagement with a Likert scale questionnaire. This involved three categories namely Policy and structure, Culture and Mindset, and Procedures. The study is a correlational quantitative study that involved informal caregivers answering printed questionnaires within 30 minutes. The results involved obtaining the frequency and percentage among informal caregivers' age, gender, and relationship with the patient. The dominant relationship in informal caregiving was spouse, the gender for informal caregiving was female and the result of age range was 48-58 years old. The descriptive statistics for the mean and standard deviation of the caring process determinants and level of informal caregiver engagement were then obtained. Finally, the mean and standard deviation of the caring process and the level of informal caregiver engagement were correlated using the IBM SPSS statistics software for identification of association. Results showed a positive correlation between the caring processes and the following: Policy and Structure, Culture and Mindset, and Procedures
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    Perceived Transformational Leadership and Work Engagement of Nurses in a Tertiary Hospital in Saudi Arabia
    ( 2023-08) Cabalhin, Kristine Romero
    Introduction: This paper describes the nurses' perception of their leader's transformational leadership and how it reflects on their work engagement, and whether this prevents nurses' workforce depreciation for a foreseeable time. Methods: The study uses a descriptive correlational quantitative research design. Respondents are staff nurses (N=134) selected using probability stratified random sampling—use of adopted survey questionnaire, Multifactorial Leadership questionnaire rater form, and Work and well-being survey form. Statistical analyses were mean, percentage, standard deviation, t-test, Pearson correlation, Chi-square test, Kendal tau, and Spearman’s rho. Results: The study revealed that there is a positive relationship between the perceived three transformational leadership dimensions with nurses' work engagement, in contrast, intellectual stimulation has no significant relationship with work engagement. The demographic profile of nurses in terms of educational attainment and years of service has no significant relationship with the level of their work engagement in contrary to nurses’ age and gender characteristics. Discussion: Although the respondents perceived their leaders sometimes use the transformational leadership style and experienced physical and mental health challenges, nurses-maintained resilience to establish work engagement. The study recommends maintaining and practicing more transformational leadership training, such as shared governance activities and a reward system that boosts employee morale and engagement. A positive manager-employee relationship will help create a safe, healthy, and supportive work climate that leads to patient safety and care services satisfaction.
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    Practice Environment and Work Engagement Among Nurses in Selected Ministry Academic Hospitals in Saudi Arabia
    ( 2024-02-09) Ali, Mocthar Abdul
    INTRODUCTION: A stressful practice environment may harm the physical well-being and psychological health of nurses, which, in turn, may lead to a reduction in nurses' work engagement level. This study aimed to determine the relationship between practice environment and work engagement among nurses in selected Ministry Academic Hospitals in Saudi Arabia. METHODS: This cross-sectional study utilized a descriptive, comparative, and correlation research design. Ethical clearance was secured accordingly. Three hundred forty-three (N=343) nurses from the selected Ministry Academic Hospitals in Saudi Arabia participated. Data were gathered systematically using a demographic questionnaire, the Practice Environment Scale of the Nurse Work Index (PES-NWI) of Lake (2002), and the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale-9 (UWES-9). IBM-SPSS Statistics version 27 was used to analyze the data. Frequency counts and percentages were used to characterize the nurses' demographic and work-related profile. The overall PES-NWI "composite" score was computed as the mean of the five subscale scores. Spearman correlation and point-biserial correlation were used to determine the relationships between variables of interest. An alpha level of 0.5 was used to interpret the significance. RESULTS: There was a statistically significant moderate positive relationship between nurse participation in hospital affairs and work engagement (rs=.451, p=.000), a statistically significant weak positive correlation between nursing foundations of quality of care and work engagement (rs=.388, p =.000), nurse manager ability, leadership and support of nurses, and work engagement, (rs=.378, p =.000), staffing and resource adequacy and work engagement, (rs=.350, p=.000), and collegial nurse-physician relationships and work engagement, (rs=.296, p=.000). CONCLUSION: There is a statistically significant moderate positive relationship between overall perceived nurses’ practice environment and level of work engagement (rs=.454, p=.000). RECOMMENDATIONS: The findings of this study will serve as baseline data to guide hospital and Nurse leaders on where to focus attention in improving the patient care environment. It recommended devising more strategies and activities to improve the practice environment to promote work engagement among nurses.
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    Practice Environment and Work Engagement of Staff Nurses in a Specialized Hospital in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
    ( 2024-01-31) Garganera, Ma. Abegail Crystel O.
    Creating a practice environment that completely engages nurses in their practice is a major concern in the nursing profession (Sayed et al., 2019). Improving practice environment has become a worldwide issue since there is still nursing shortage around the globe (Almuhsen et al., 2017). Thie purpose of this study is to determine the relationship of Practice Environment and Work Engagement of Staff Nurses in a Specialized Hospital in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This study utilized a quantitative, non-experimental, descriptive correlational research design. Practice Environment Scale of the Nursing Work Index (PES NWI) (Lake, 2002) and Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES) (Schaufeli & Bakker, 2004) were used in this study to measure practice environment and work engagement of staff nurses in a Specialized Hospital in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This study showed that staff nurses have high perception on their practice environment (3.93 ±SD .507) and average level of work engagement (4.2 ± .910). In addition, it proved a positive significant correlation between Practice Environment and Work Engagement of Staff Nurses in a Specialized Hospital in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Furthermore, there is a positive significant correlation between Work Engagement and Demographic Characteristics in terms of age, educational attainment, and years in current unit. Nurse administrators, managers and leaders hold a vital role in practice environment and work engagement in reviewing practices, policies, and procedures. Keywords: work environment, work conditions, practice environment, work engagement, work environment and work engagement, practice environment and work engagement.