Factors influencing Learning Organization of Nursing Department at Community Hospitals in Regional Health 5

Abstract

The objectives of this descriptive research were to: (1) study the factors influencing learning organization of nursing departments including communication in organization, teamwork and team coordination, (2) assess the level of learning organization of nursing departments, and (3) analyze the effects of communication in organization, teamwork and team coordination on learning organization of nursing departments at community hospitals in Regional Health 5. The sample comprised 118 professional nurses worked at 19 community hospitals in Regional Health 5. They were selected by the stratified random sampling technique. Questionnaires were used as research tools and consisted of three sections: (1) personal data, (2) factors influencing learning organization, and (3) learning organization. The content validity index of the second and third section were equal to 1.00 and the reliability coefficients  were 0.99 and 0.90 respectively. Data were analyzed for frequency,  percentage,  mean,  standard deviation and stepwise multiple regression analysis. The results were as follows. (1) Professional nurses rated the communication in organization, and teamwork and team coordination at the high level. (2) They rated the learning organization of nursing departments at the high level. Finally (3) communication in organization, teamwork and team coordination significantly predicted the learning organization of nursing department. These predictors accounted for 81.50 % (R² = 0.815, p < .001)