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The Influence Of Perceived Same-Status Nurse-To-Nurse Coworker Exchange Relationships, Quality Of Care Provided, Overall Nurse Job Satisfaction, And Organizational Commitment On Intent To Stay And Job Search Behavior Of Nurses In The Acute Care Nurse Work Environment, Madonna M. Kubichka

Theses and Dissertations

ABSTRACT

THE INFLUENCE OF PERCEIVED SAME-STATUS NURSE-TO-NURSE COWORKER EXCHANGE RELATIONSHIPS, QUALITY OF CARE PROVIDED, OVERALL NURSE JOB SATISFACTION, AND ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT ON INTENT TO STAY AND JOB SEARCH BEHAVIOR OF NURSES IN THE ACUTE CARE NURSE WORK ENVIRONMENT

by

Madonna M. Kubichka

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2016

Under the Supervision of Dr. Karen Morin

The nurse turnover rate continues to rise; currently 17.2%. The challenges of the acute care environment are multifaceted and contribute to nurse turnover. Stressful working conditions may contribute to negative relationships among colleagues; subsequently quality of care can suffer, as well as, job satisfaction and nurse …

Relationship-Based Care: A Test Of The Quality Caring Model's Association With Nurses' Perceptions Of Work And Patient Relationships, Kristopher Heindel

Theses and Dissertations

This study assesses whether ambulatory surgery nurses who apply concepts from the Quality Caring Model (QCM) will experience different work perceptions and patient relationships than do nurses who do not directly apply QCM concepts. The QCM contends that if nurses demonstrate caring through their interaction, a patient experiences a greater level of satisfaction with the healthcare encounter. Conceptualized from the framework of a service relationship, this thesis posits that nurses employing the QCM should also perceive more positive relationship qualities with their patients and more positive workplace experiences than other nurses who are not utilizing QCM principles. Data from 27 …