Background: Nurse practice environment has been identified as an important factor in improving the quality and\nsafety of hospital care. However, there are few studies that assess the characteristics of the hospital work\nenvironment and its impact on patient outcomes.\nThe aim of the study: To evaluate the characteristics of the nurse�s practice environment regarding the quality of\npatient care as perceived by staff nurses.\nSubject and methods: Research design, quantitative design, non-experimental descriptive was utilized.\nSetting: This research was carried out in four governmental hospitals in Port Said city. Subjects included (300) of\nstaff nurses who are working at previous hospitals to participate in research study dealing with characteristics of\nnurse�s practice environment regarding the quality of patient care. The tool of data collection: the one tool was used\nto collect data which aimed to measures eight characteristics of the work environment and quality of patient care.\nResults: It revealed that the highest level of agreement score (75.7%) for characteristics of the nursing practice\nenvironment scale on the unit level was for supportive nurse manager relationships, followed by working with other\nnurses who are clinically competent while 17.5% of studied nurses reported agreement regarding support for\neducation in nursing work environment.\nConclusion: There were the means differences between characteristics of practice environment tool and\ndemographic variables as well as quality patient care at units� levels from nurse�s perceptions. Overall response\nmean scores for the nurse was a very high quality of patient care as perceived by staff nurses.\nRecommendation: Implement continuous training for nurse�s managers about enhancing effective\ncommunication by creating an environment which permits to express ideas empower and encourage staff nurses to\nparticipate in decision-making and problem-solving process.
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