Factors Influencing the Management of Nursing Quality in Operating rooms in health region 7

Abstract

     This study was survey research by cross sectional to examine the level of nursing quality management in operating rooms, the relationships between personal and work environment factors and nursing quality management, and the key predictors of nursing quality management in Health Service Region 7. The study sample consisted of 189 professional nurses working in tertiary hospitals within Health Service Region 7. Data were collected using a validated questionnaire reviewed by five experts, yielding content validity indices of 0.95, 0.91, and 0.96, respectively. Reliability was assessed using Cronbach’s alpha coefficients of 0.91 and 0.94. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Pearson’s correlation coefficient, and stepwise multiple regression analysis.

     The findings revealed that: The overall level of nursing quality management in operating rooms was rated as very high (= 4.58, S.D. = 0.29). Regarding personal factors, additional training on quality management exhibited a low but significant positive correlation with nursing quality management (r = 0.236). Among work environment factors, organizational participation in management showed a moderate positive correlation (r = 0.306), whereas nursing administrators' leadership, adequacy of workforce and resources, and interprofessional collaboration demonstrated low but statistically significant positive correlations at the 0.05 level (r = 0.299, r = 0.291, r = 0.123, respectively). The key predictors of nursing quality management in operating rooms were organizational participation in management, adequacy of workforce and resources, and additional training on quality management. Together, these variables accounted for 15.3% of the variance (R² = 0.153, p < 0.05).