Effect of Healthy Work Environment on Compassion Competence and Missed Nursing Care among Intensive Care Nurses

Background: A healthy work environment that support nurses’ well-being plays acrucial role to enhance nurses’ compassion competence, reduce missed nursing care, andimprove overall patient outcomes. Aim of the study: to assess the effect of healthy workenvironment on compassion competence and missed nursing care among intensive carenurses. Research design: A descriptive correlation design was used to conduct this study.Setting: The study was conducted at Tanta University Hospitals. Tools: Three tools wereemployed for data collection: Healthy Work Environment Structure Questionnaire,Compassion Competence Scale and Observational Checklist of Missed Nursing CareActivity. Results: 78.8% of IC nurses perceived unhealthy work environment, 32.7% ofthem had moderate level of compassion competence. and 52.1% of IC nurses hadmoderate level of missed nursing care. Conclusion There was a significant positivecorrelation between healthy work environment and compassion competence. There was asignificant negative correlation between healthy work environment and missed nursingcare and between compassion competence and missed nursing care. Recommendations:Ensure availability of appropriate staff number and mix, ensure availability of resourcesand apply call light system to ensure quicker and more efficient response to patient need,enhancing patient satisfaction.