IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/zbw/espost/214195.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Quality of Work Life of Public School Nurses in the Philippines

Author

Listed:
  • Macairan, Kaila Mae L.
  • Oducado, Ryan Michael F.
  • Minsalan, Mika E.
  • Recodo, Risa G.
  • Abellar, Gio Franco D.

Abstract

Background: School nurses play a crucial role in the provision of comprehensive health services to the school population. A balanced quality of work life (QWL) with favorable conditions that support and uphold employee satisfaction is imperative for school nurses to maximize their provision of care for their clientele. Among the many nursing specialties, research among school nurses is not given much attention. Purpose: This study aimed to determine the QWL of public school nurses in the Philippines. Methods: This study utilized a descriptive correlational research design with 57 public school nurses as study participants. Self-reported data were gathered utilizing Walton’s QWL scale. Data were analyzed using the Mann-Whitney U test, Kruskal-Wallis test, and Spearman–rank correlation coefficient. Results: Results indicated that public school nurses had high QWL (M=4.16). Among the eight subscales, opportunities at work (M=4.04) and social integration at work (M=4.03) had the lowest mean scores. There were no significant differences in the QWL according to sex (p=0.929), marital status (p=0.326), educational attainment (p=0.391) and length of work experience (p=0.059), while there was a significant relationship between age (p=0.005) and QWL of public school nurses. Conclusion: Public school nurses generally have a high QWL. Nevertheless, to further improve their QWL, it is recommended that public school nurses must be provided with more chances for continuous professional growth and opportunities for better social integration.

Suggested Citation

  • Macairan, Kaila Mae L. & Oducado, Ryan Michael F. & Minsalan, Mika E. & Recodo, Risa G. & Abellar, Gio Franco D., 2019. "Quality of Work Life of Public School Nurses in the Philippines," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 9(1), pages 1-12.
    • Handle: RePEc:zbw:espost:214195
    DOI: 10.14710/nmjn.v9i1.22885
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10419/214195/1/22885-67092-1-PB.pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.14710/nmjn.v9i1.22885?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:zbw:espost:214195. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://edirc.repec.org/data/zbwkide.html .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.