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Influence of Work Environment Conditions on the Ability of Critical Care Nurses to Provide Efficacious Nursing Care in Puerto Rico

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dc.contributor.advisorGenevieve E. Chandler
dc.contributor.authorTorres, Yolanda M
dc.contributor.departmentUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst
dc.date2023-09-23T18:14:39.000
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-26T15:21:32Z
dc.date.available2024-04-26T15:21:32Z
dc.date.submittedSeptember
dc.date.submitted2017
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study was to explore the conditions in the work environment that may contribute to caring efficacy of critical care nurses in Puerto Rico. The study measured nurses’ perceptions of the empowering structures in the work environment, and the relationship to their perceived caring efficacy and explored the correlation between sociodemographic factors of age, education, and experience of work empowerment and/or caring efficacy. The Conditions for Work Effectiveness Questionnaire and Caring Efficacy Scale were used to assess the association between the nurses’ work environment conditions and caring efficacy. The instruments were translated to Spanish and adapted to the Puerto Rican culture. Using convenience sampling, the instruments were paired and administered to nurses from selected critical care units of hospitals in Puerto Rico. Participation was voluntary. Findings support that there is no relationship between the working conditions environment and caring efficacy. Supplemental findings, however, support a significant positive correlation between relationships with patients and families and caring efficacy.
dc.description.degreeDoctor of Philosophy (PhD)
dc.description.departmentNursing
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.7275/10405189.0
dc.identifier.orcidN/A
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14394/17318
dc.relation.urlhttps://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2092&context=dissertations_2&unstamped=1
dc.source.statuspublished
dc.subjectempowerment
dc.subjectcaring efficacy
dc.subjectnurse patient family relationships
dc.subjectcritical care environment
dc.subjectCritical Care Nursing
dc.subjectNursing Administration
dc.titleInfluence of Work Environment Conditions on the Ability of Critical Care Nurses to Provide Efficacious Nursing Care in Puerto Rico
dc.typeopenaccess
dc.typearticle
dc.typedissertation
digcom.contributor.authorisAuthorOfPublication|email:ymtorres@nursing.umass.edu|institution:University of Massachusetts Amherst|Torres, Yolanda M
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digcom.identifier.contextkey10405189
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