A survey of positive practice environments for professional nurses in Thailand
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This study aims to explore the positive practice environments (PPE) of professional nurses in Thailand. The sample of 2,340 nurses, was selected using a volunteer method. The research tool was the electronic Thai-Nurse Practice Environment Scale (T-NPES) developed from the Nurse Work Environment Assessment Tool and Professional Practice Environment Scale. Its reliability coeffif icient was 0.977. Nurses completed the online survey questionnaire via link/QR code which was on the poster distributed to provincial public health offif ices. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. The results showed that 64.36 percent of professional nurses presented that positive practice environments was at the low level. The highest mean of PPE component score was the government support, followed by the support from the Nurses’ Association of Thailand and regulatory body.
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