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Effect of Autonomy Educational Program on Staff Nurses' Organizational Commitment

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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 Background: Autonomy is the main element of professional nursing practice, which leads to
improve patient outcomes, increase job satisfaction and organizational commitment of staff nurses.
Aim of the study: This study aimed to assess the effect of autonomy educational program on staff
nurses' organizational commitment. Study design: A quasi-experimental design was utilized to meet
the aim of this study. Setting: The study was carried out at El Khezendra General Hospital. Subjects:
Consisted of all staff nurses (45) who worked at internal patient departments. Tools of data collection:
Three different tools were used to collect data: I. Autonomy Knowledge Questionnaire, II. Autonomy
Questionnaire, III. Organizational Commitment Questionnaire. Results: More than half (57.8%) of
staff nurses had unsatisfactory knowledge regarding autonomy at preprogram phase, that improved to
(86.7%) and (82.2%) satisfactory knowledge regarding autonomy at post and follow up of program
phases respectively. Approximate one quarter (24.4%) of staff nurses had a high level of autonomy at
preprogram, that it improved to (71.1%) at post program, while it declined to (68.9%) at follow up of
program but still more than preprogram. One fifth (20%) of staff nurses had high perception of
organizational commitment at preprogram and it improved to (80.0%) at post program and it declined
to (73.3%) at follow up of program but still more than preprogram. conclusion: There was a highly
statistical significant improvement of staff nurses' knowledge and practice regarding autonomy and
organizational commitment between pre and post program. Recommendations: Conduct In-service
education and training programs must be continuous process for refreshing and increasing nurses'
knowledge and practice regarding autonomy. 

DOI

10.21608/jnsbu.2023.307217

Keywords

autonomy, Educational Program, organizational commitment, Staff nurses

Authors

First Name

Eman

Last Name

Habib Mohamed

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Affiliation

Head of NICU at El- Khazendra General Hospital, Egypt

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First Name

Mona

Last Name

Mostafa Shazly

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Affiliation

Professor of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing - Ain Shams University, Egypt

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First Name

Fawzia

Last Name

Farouk Kamel

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Affiliation

Assistant Professor of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing - Benha University, Egypt

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Volume

4

Article Issue

2

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42195

Issue Date

2023-07-01

Receive Date

2023-06-10

Publish Date

2023-07-01

Page Start

199

Page End

213

Print ISSN

2682-3934

Online ISSN

2735-5802

Article File

JNSBU_Volume 4_Issue 2_Pages 199-213.pdf

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Scientific peer reviewed journal

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1,622

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Publication Title

Journal of Nursing Science Benha University

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Effect of Autonomy Educational Program on Staff Nurses' Organizational Commitment

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28 Dec 2024