Factors related to health status among nurses in Taiwan

[[abstract]]Nurses play an important role in healthcare institutions. Improving the nurses’ health status and increasing nurses’ enthusiasm in clinical nursing can improve the quality of healthcare. The purposes of this study include: (1) to understand the basic characteristics of the participants, and health status; (2) to analyze the differences in health status between different demographic of the participants. The study adopted stratified and cluster sampling, and used a cross-sectional descriptive design. A total of 256 registered nurses and licensed vocational nurses were recruited for the study who have been working in the position for at least one year in a medical center in northern Taiwan. Research tools included basic properties, and the Chinese Health Questionnaire. Data were analyzed with SPSS for Windows 187.0 (Chinese) software for descriptive statistics, t-test, and one-way ANOVA. To summarize, we found the following: (1) Participants’ average age was 29.8 years, and most participants were single, childless women with bachelor’s degrees or above, not living with their in-laws, N1 ranked, working on shift, and not participating in health courses. (3) Participants’ health status were found significant differences among gender, education degree, and whether or not they had children. The findings of this study provide a reference for management decision making