Aim: To investigate the differences between nursing staff's perception on hospital accreditation awareness and\neffectiveness of organizational learning based on personal characteristics of nursing staff and hospital ownership\nlevel.\nMethods: This study employed a cross-section survey design targeting hospital nursing staff. 87 hospitals\nparticipated in the survey, and 473 survey forms were returned. Study tools included (1) personal background\ninformation and organizational data: variables included hospital ownership, hospital level, district, gender, age,\nyears of employment, position and education; (2) hospital accreditation awareness scale: items included Hospital\nManagement and Medical care; (3) organizational learning effectiveness scale: Personal Mastery, Team Learning\n& Building Shared vision.\nResults: Significant differences exhibited in factors influencing personal mastery were Hospital Level, years\nof employment and education; significant differences exhibited in factors influencing team learning were Hospital\nownership, years of employment and educational; significant differences exhibited in factors influencing building\nshared vision were Hospital Level and years of employment.\nConclusion: Our study allows hospital managers to better understand the degree of influence between\norganizational learning and hospital accreditation awareness, which may assist decision makers in further developing\naccreditation implementation strategies and encourage professional growth of nursing staff. We hope to expand the\nfunctional roles of nursing professionals in a diversified healthcare system, and create a higher quality learning\nenvironment for nursing care.
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