Influence of the work environment of nurses on the 30-day mortality of patients hospitalized in Polish hospitals. cross-sectional studies.

Background: An optimal work environment for nurses is characterized primarily by appropriate staffing, good team relations, and support from the management staff. These factors are consistently associated with a positive assessment of patient safety by a hospital's employees and a reduction in hospital mortality rates.

Aim: To understand the relationships between the work environment as perceived by nurses on the 30-day mortality of patients treated in Polish hospitals.

Nurses' attitudes towards factors determining the safety of patients treated in intensive care units: A cross-sectional study.

Background: The goal of health care systems is to ensure high quality of medical services provided, including patient safety. The intensive care unit (ICU) is an environment conducive to the occurrence of adverse events and medical errors because of the complexity of the care provided, the severity of the conditions of patients treated in these units and work often performed under stressful conditions.

Aim: Assessment of attitudes of nurses working in ICUs towards patient safety.

Nurses' intention to leave their jobs in relation to work environment factors in Polish hospitals: Cross-sectional study.

Background: The lack of nursing staff is a current problem not only in Poland, but also in the world. The decision of nurses to leave the workplace, apart from the financial aspect, often results from unfavourable working conditions related to the work environment.

Material And Methods: The study was multicentre, cross-sectional.

The Correlation between Nurses' COVID-19 Infections and Their Emotional State and Work Conditions during the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic.

The COVID-19 pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus has significantly influenced the functioning of Polish hospitals, and thus, the working conditions of nurses. Research on the presence of specific negative emotions in nurses may help identify deficits in the future, as well as directing preventive actions. The present research was performed among nurses ( = 158) working in Polish healthcare facilities during the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, where Group A ( = 79) consisted of nurses diagnosed with COVID-19, and Group B ( = 79) nurses who have never been infected with COVID-19.

Nurses and physicians attitudes towards factors related to hospitalized patient safety.

Introduction: The attitudes of healthcare staff towards patients' safety, including awareness of the risk for adverse events, are significant elements of an organization's safety culture.

Aim Of Research: To evaluate nurses and physicians' attitudes towards factors influencing hospitalized patient safety.

Materials And Methods: The research included 606 nurses and 527 physicians employed in surgical and medical wards in 21 Polish hospitals around the country.

Impact of the Work Environment on Patients' Safety as Perceived by Nurses in Poland-A Cross-Sectional Study.

Numerous studies have found that organizational features connected with the work environment of nurses have a significant influence on patients' safety. The aim of this research was to capture nurses' opinions about patients' safety and discern relationships with work environment characteristics. This cross-sectional study surveyed 1825 nurses.

Evaluating Polish nurses' working conditions and patient safety during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Aim: To study the relationship between Polish nurses' working conditions and their attitudes towards patient safety during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Background: Facing the COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, healthcare worldwide has been reorganised. How these changes affected patient safety for hospitalised persons is not well understood.

Emotional Control among Nurses against Work Conditions and the Support Received during the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic.

Introduction: Working in the state of a pandemic is a huge mental load for the medical environment.

Aim: Evaluation of emotional control among nurses against work conditions and the support received during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.

Material And Methods: The research was performed among nurses ( = 577) working during the pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus in infectious ( = 201) and non-infectious ( = 376) wards in 11 Polish hospitals.

Cultural adaptation of the Safety Attitudes Questionnaire - Short Form (SAQ-SF) in Poland.

Background: It is essential to provide safe healthcare in complex, difficult, and quickly changing conditions. The quality of healthcare services directly influences the safety of both the patients and staff. Understanding healthcare staff attitudes toward safety in the healthcare delivery context is foundational for building a culture of safety.

[Dual practice of nurses in Poland against the current staff resources].

Background: Employment of health care workers simultaneously in 2 workplaces (the so called dual practice) is a common phenomenon in almost every country. In Poland, a possibility of employment in 2 or more workplaces arose with the socio-political changes and the reform of the health care system. In Poland, the scale of the phenomenon, as well as its motifs and potential effects influencing both employees and the whole health care system, are still not known despite numerous studies being conducted to that end.

Factors affecting Polish nurses' willingness to recommend the hospital as a place of care.

Background: Nurses constitute the major professional group offering constant hospital patients' care. Willingness to recommend their hospital reflects confidence in the offered care, satisfaction and identification with the work place. The aim of the present study has been to investigate which elements of hospital environment and nurse personal related factors predict recommendation of the hospital as a place of care by employed nurses.