The Relationship between Organization Climate and the Registered Nurses’ Quality of Work Life at Prapokklao Hospital

Abstract

The objectives of this descriptive research were to study: (1) personal factors of registered nurses; (2) the levels of organizational climate; (3) the level of registered nurses’ quality of work life; and (4) the relationship between personal factors, organizational climate and registered nurses’ quality of work life, at Prapokklao Hospital. The population was 537 registered nurses, the stratified random sampling was used to select 277 register nurses, at Prapokklao hospital. The administrated questionnaires were used to collect the data. Percentage, mean, standard deviation, and stepwise multiple regression were analyzed data. This study found that: (1) Most of  respondents were female, 42 years old on average, single, and graduated in bachelor; work at the in- patient units,  have  10 to 18 yeas work experiences, and average salary of 20,001-30,000 baht per month; (2) The overall organizational climate was at a moderate level, especially the part of give a change of learning was at the moderate level other parts were at the high level; (3) The overall of registered nurse’ quality of work life was at a high level, except the part of good health, good knowledge, money management and having a good society were at moderate level; and (4) Factors of organizational climate include teamwork, job responsibilities, opportunity for learning by experiment and work experiences related and influenced  to the registered nurse’ quality of work life at Prapokklao hospital