Abstract

Objective: To assess the nurses’ perceived work environment in public tertiary care hospitals of KPK.
Methodology: This cross-sectional study was conducted from March to July 2019. A sample size of 329 was recruited through random sampling techniques from tertiary care teaching hospitals of KPK. Self-reported scales namely (PWE and NWI) were distributed among participants. Grand mean score 2.5 for taken for unfavorable work conditions.
Results: More than 80% participants were females with mean age of 30.8 years. Grand mean scores were >2.5 of the four components that nurse’s work environment was unfavorable, except collegial nurse-physician relationship grand mean 2.3 indicating that nurses were satisfied from this category. There was a statistically significant association between gender and current work units (p

Key words: Nurses perceptions, conducive work environment, improved patient health, job satisfaction.