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Impact of COVID-19 on the Environments of Professional Nursing Practice and Nurses’ Job Satisfaction

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  • Olga Maria Pimenta Lopes Ribeiro

    (Nursing School of Porto (ESEP), 4200-072 Porto, Portugal
    CINTESIS@RISE, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal)

  • Vânia Maria Oliveira Coimbra

    (North Region Health Administration, 4000-447 Porto, Portugal)

  • Soraia Cristina de Abreu Pereira

    (North Region Health Administration, 4000-447 Porto, Portugal)

  • Ana da Conceição Alves Faria

    (North Region Health Administration, 4000-447 Porto, Portugal)

  • Paulo João Figueiredo Cabral Teles

    (School of Economics, University of Porto, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal
    Laboratory of Artificial Intelligence and Decision Support—INESC Porto LA, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal)

  • Carla Gomes da Rocha

    (Institute of Health, School of Health Sciences, HES-SO Valais-Wallis, 1950 Sion, Switzerland)

Abstract

(1) Background: The repercussions of work environments were widely studied before the pandemic. However, there are still many difficulties to be discovered considering the impact generated by it. Thus, this study aimed to analyse the impact of COVID-19 on nursing practice environments and nurses’ job satisfaction. (2) Methods: A correlational study was conducted in a hospital in northern Portugal, with the participation of 416 registered nurses. Data were collected in June 2021 through questionnaires. The study was approved by the Institutional Ethics Committee. (3) Results: COVID-19 had a favourable impact on the structure component of the practice environments; the process component decreased compared to the pre-pandemic period; the outcome component remained moderately favourable to the quality of care. Nurses were not very satisfied or not at all satisfied with their valuation and remuneration; moderately satisfied with the leadership and staffing; and satisfied with the organisation and resources, co-workers and valuation by patients and families. In more favourable environments, nurses’ job satisfactions were higher. (4) Conclusions: Identifying the dimensions with the best and worst scores allowed the institution’s managers to concentrate efforts on where improvements were needed, thus preparing professional contexts for the recovery of care activities.

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  • Olga Maria Pimenta Lopes Ribeiro & Vânia Maria Oliveira Coimbra & Soraia Cristina de Abreu Pereira & Ana da Conceição Alves Faria & Paulo João Figueiredo Cabral Teles & Carla Gomes da Rocha, 2022. "Impact of COVID-19 on the Environments of Professional Nursing Practice and Nurses’ Job Satisfaction," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(24), pages 1-13, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:24:p:16908-:d:1005343
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    1. Maria Lucia Specchia & Maria Rosaria Cozzolino & Elettra Carini & Andrea Di Pilla & Caterina Galletti & Walter Ricciardi & Gianfranco Damiani, 2021. "Leadership Styles and Nurses’ Job Satisfaction. Results of a Systematic Review," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(4), pages 1-15, February.
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