Assessment of the relationship between the organizational culture of nursing hospitals and the role of nursing staff

Public health management Assessment of the relationship between the organizational culture of nursing hospitals and the role of nursing staff Audrius Jovaišas Scientific supervisor prof. Aurelija Blaževičienė Faculty of Public Health, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences. Kaunas; 2018. 59 p. Aim of the study is to evaluate the organizational culture of nursing hospitals and the role of nurse. Objectives. To assess the organizational culture in terms of nursing care and nursing hospitals; assess the role of nurse in supportive care and nursing hospitals from their own point of view; to identify the links between the organizational culture of care and nursing hospitals and the role of nurse. Methodology. The study was attended by nurses and mentors of general practitioners. nursing administrators, male nurses working in supportive care and nursing hospitals. 267 questionnaires were distributed, 226 questionnaires returned (the response rate was 84.65 per cent). A one-time, targeted research was carried out using a questionnaire of the organizational culture, a TeamSTEPPS Teamwork Attitude Questionnaire (T-TAQ) questionnaire, and a nurse's role questionnaire. Results. Empirical research data revealed that the type of organizational culture clan dominates in supportive care and nursing hospitals (chapters). Nurses in their organizations value relationships with colleagues and patients. The results have shown that interactions between nurses and patients are of lesser importance. The study revealed a weakly positive statistically significant relationship between the type of market organization culture and the attitude towards professionalism, the skills needed for professional competence and professional interdependence. Conclusions. From the point of view of nurses, the type of clan organizational culture predominates in supportive care and nursing hospitals, the less common is the type of market culture, and most often the type of adhocratic culture. The findings of the study revealed that nurses appreciate the relationships they have with their colleagues and patients, they are aware of their status, importance, and judgment in society, and that interactions between nurses and patients are less important. The results showed a weak positive statistically significant relationship between the organizational culture of nursing care hospitals and the role of nurses in the role of nurses. These relationships predominate in the context of the type of market organization culture and the professionalism of nurses, the skills required for professional competence, and the factors of professional interdependence. The study revealed a weak correlation between I-factor nursing professionalism and the type of market organization culture. Keywords. Organizational culture, supportive care and nursing hospital