IMPACT OF WORK AND PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ON HOSPITAL NURSES COMMITMENT

The study investigates the impact of work and physical environment on hospital nurses commitment. Using an adapted questionnaire as a research tool the author investigates the impact of work environment (supervisor support, communication openness and teamwork) and physical environment (quality of patient areas, safety and quality of work spaces) and observed that the variables have positive and strong correlation with hospital nurses commitment. This study can give insights to the executives and the facility designers to build and design the hospital facility in a way that it provides comfort, safety and quality in patient caring. Moreover hospital management can consider this study as an asset to manage and enhance their nursing staff commitment towards their job.