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Document Type : Thesis 
Document Title :
Magnet Work Environment at Military Hospitals as Perceived by Registered Nurses in KSA
تصور الممرضات لخصائص بيئة العمل المستقطبة بالمستشفيات العسكرية في المملكة العربية السعودية
 
Subject : Faculty of Nursing 
Document Language : Arabic 
Abstract : Health care system in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) is going through dynamic changes to enhance the quality of patient care services and facilities as well as to increase the nurses’ job satisfaction and retention. By establishing magnet nursing work environment in Saudi hospitals, recruitment and retention will be improved. The studies to develop magnet work environment for nurses in Saudi healthcare context were very few and limited. Hence, this research will help to attain a better understanding of the perceptions of nurses towards the magnet work environment characteristics that existed in their workplace structure. Also, this research will assist to develop the magnetism concepts within the context of Saudi healthcare facilities. Aim: To assess the characteristics of nurses’ magnet work environment at Military Hospitals as perceived by Registered Nurses in KSA Design: A quantitative- descriptive cross sectional correlation design was used. Settings: King Fahd Military Hospital &King Faisal Military Hospital at Khamis Mushyat City. Sampling: A random stratified sample composed of 312 Registered Nurses. Research Tool: Essential of Magnetism tool version two (EOMII). Results: The highest ranked magnet characteristics were: ‘Supportive Nurse Manager Relationships (77.5%), Working with other Nurses who are Clinically Competent (75.4%) while the lowest ranked characteristic was perceived support for education (17.5%) followed by clinical autonomous decision making characteristic (62.7%). Conclusion and Recommendations: There is growing interest toward magnet work environment. It is an important to support continuing nursing education and competency training programs to establish a magnet work environment. It is recommended to give registered nurses opportunities to participate in decisions making process. Key words: nursing work environment, healthy nursing working environment, magnetic work environment, organizational characteristics, organizational attributes, magnet- non magnet organizations, forces of magnetism, and essential of magnetism. 
Supervisor : Dr. Hasnah Banjer 
Thesis Type : Master Thesis 
Publishing Year : 1438 AH
2017 AD 
Added Date : Sunday, June 11, 2017 

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فاطمة مستور الشهرانيAlshahrani, Fatimah MestourResearcherMaster 

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