Relation between Agile Healthcare Organization and Nursing Staff’s Job Enrichment

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Master student of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University Egypt Demonstrator of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University Egypt

2 Prof. of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing , Tanta university Egypt

3 Lecturer of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing , Tanta University Egypt

Abstract

Background: Agile health care organization is proactive and purposeful answer to erratic and
continuous alterations in the environment, which enables hospitals to continue and devolved
in competitive market. So, managers of healthcare organizations required to be significantly
more agile, flexible and provide the highest level of patient and nursing staff needs,
expectations, and demands. Agile health care organization plays a mediating role to promote
professional growth and achievement of goals transition into advanced practice, and job
enrichment for nursing staff. Aim: To assess the relation between agile healthcare
organization and job enrichment of nursing staff. Design: Descriptive correlational research
design. Setting: Tanta University International Teaching Hospital .Sampling: All (n=41)
head nurses and a stratified proportional random sample (n=286) of nursing staff. Tools: Tool
I: agile healthcare organization questionnaire. Tool II: job enrichment questionnaire. Results:
Nursing staff 56.3% showed high level of overall agile healthcare organization. Also 63.6%
of nursing staff showed high level of overall job enrichment. A highly strong statistical
significant correlation between levels of overall agile healthcare organization and nursing staff
job enrichment at r=0.533 (p<0.001).Conclusion: There was a strong statistical significant
correlation between overall agile healthcare organization and nursing staff job enrichment.
Recommendation: Nursing administration required to provide periodical in-service training
programs to sustain nursing staff idea of remaining adaptable and agile in the current
competitive environment