Perceived Organizational Support and Its Impact on Professional Values of Staff Nurses in a Tertiary Government Hospital in Pampanga

Abstract

Nurses are the backbone of healthcare. They play a critical role in the delivery of healthcare services, especially in high demand settings like the tertiary government hospital in Pampanga. Designated as a multi-specialty end-referral hospital in Region 3, staff nurses in this hospital are faced with issues related to understaffing, overcrowding and limited institutional resources. Given the current scarcity of literature exploring the impact of perceived organizational support to nurses’ professional values, this study aimed to examine the relationship between organizational support and professional values, identifying domains that mostly influence organizational support and offering insights to enhance workplace practices for nurses. This study utilized correlational research design which involved 172 staff nurses assigned on various nursing units in the tertiary government hospital in Pampanga. Following the approval of the Research Ethics Committee, the data collection was made through a two-part online survey. Mean, standard deviation and Spearman rho correlation coefficient were used in the data analyses. The results of this study showed that the level of perceived organizational support of nurses was high, as well as the level of professional values. Particularly, the values under the domain activism had the strongest correlation to the nurses’ perceived organizational support.