The nursing work environment and quality of care: Content analysis of comments made by registered nurses responding to the Essentials of Magnetism II scale.

Aim: To report a qualitative study of themes Registered Nurses raised spontaneously about their work environment, in a cross-sectional survey study when responding to the Essentials of Magnetism II (EOMII) scale.

Design: Qualitative descriptive survey.

Methods: At the end of the EOMII scale, a free form text section was included asking nurses to add comments about their ward/work environment Of the 247 nurses who completed the EOMII scale, 30% ( = 75) provided comments.