Nurses’ Well-Being, Health-Promoting Lifestyle and Work Environment Satisfaction Correlation: A Psychometric Study for Development of Nursing Health and Job Satisfaction Model and Scale

Hui-Chun Chung, Yueh-Chih Chen, Shu-Chuan Chang, Wen-Lin Hsu and Tsung-Cheng Hsieh
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Hui-Chun Chung: Department of Nursing, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Hualien 970, Taiwan
Yueh-Chih Chen: Department of Nursing, National Taiwan University, Taipei 100, Taiwan
Shu-Chuan Chang: Department of Nursing, Tzu Chi University, Hualien 970, Taiwan
Wen-Lin Hsu: Department of Radiation Oncology, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Hualien 970, Taiwan
Tsung-Cheng Hsieh: Institute of Medical Sciences, Tzu Chi University, Hualien 970, Taiwan

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 10, 1-10

Abstract: Although promoting healthy work environments to enhance staff members’ health and well-being is a growing trend, no empirical studies on such a model have been conducted in the nursing management field. The purpose of this study was to develop and validate measurement scales and a conceptual model of nurses’ well-being, health-promoting lifestyle, and work environment satisfaction (WHS). A cross-sectional survey was conducted to develop a WHS model and Nursing Health and Job Satisfaction (NHJS) scale. A total of 672 questionnaires were obtained from registered nurses by stratified random sampling for validation analysis. The percentage of total variance explained greater than 92.6%, suggesting a good ability of the scales to explain the variability in participants’ responses. The hypotheses of positive correlations among nurses’ health-promoting lifestyle, well-being, and work environment satisfaction were supported. The WHS model demonstrates the positive correlation with correlation coefficients of 0.57–0.86 among nurses’ health-promoting lifestyle, well-being, and work environment satisfaction. Nurses’ attitudes play a key role in promoting a healthy lifestyle. The most important work environment satisfaction variable for improved sense of well-being is respect from other medical staff. The findings can serve as an instrument for hospital nursing administrators to accurately assess and enhance nurses’ retention rate and health.

Keywords: turnover; health-promoting; well-being; work environment satisfaction; structural equation modeling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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