Relationship Between Nurses’ Motivation and Patients’ Outcomes in Hemodialysis Departments.

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Head nurse at Kafr El-Dawar administration, El-Beheira. Egypt

2 Professor of Nursing administration, Faculty of Nursing, Damanhour University. Egypt

3 Lecturer of Nursing administration, Faculty of Nursing, Damanhour University. Egypt

Abstract

Background: In healthcare organization, Motivation is a key idea of management and control in nursing which performs the critical position in maintaining nurse manager with long life work. Consequently, as soon as the nurses are motivated the ensuing of labor productiveness extended which cause accurate patients’ outcomes.  Aim of this study: To examine the relationship among nurses' motivation and patients' outcomes in hemodialysis departments at Kafr EL-Dawar: General and Central as well as Fever hospitals. Design: A descriptive correlational study design. Setting: The study was carried out in hemodialysis department at Kafr EL-Dawar: General hospital (32 beds) and Central hospital (15 beds) as well as Fever hospital (23 beds).Subjects: There were two subject groups involved in this study: all nurses who’re operating with inside the noted settings with at least one year of experience and who could be to be had on the time records series, became covered with inside the examine (N=84) approximately, total patients who’re treating with inside the noted settings and who could be to be had on the time records series taken from registration of hospitals records, became covered with inside the examine (N =373) approximately. Tools for data collection: Tow tools have been used to accumulated the data, Tool (I): Questionnaires about motivating work factors. It consists of 45 items. Tool (II) Clinical Patients’ Outcomes Checklist. It is composed of (33 items), In addition demographic characteristics data sheet. Results: the studied was exposed to a statistically significant relationship among nurses' motivation and patients' clinical outcomes, the total motivation was law and high total clinical outcomes. Conclusion: The end result of the present study discovered that, there has been a statistically significant relationship among nurses' motivation and patients' outcomes in hemodialysis departments at Kafr El-Dawar General, Central and Fever Hospitals. Also, the total motivation was low and high total clinical outcomes. Recommendations: Hospital administrators and nurse supervisors should improve the nurses’ job motivation by creating a collaborative work and cooperative working environment and spirit of teams among nurses. Offer non-stop training to enhance nurses’ talents practice, encourage nurses’ to take part in choice making problem solving. Nurses should improve their communication skills, provide accurate information to their patients and attending training programs.

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