Nurses’ Readiness for Digitalization in Relation to Job Quality and Social Dialogue

Background: Digital health readiness among nurses plays a vital part in forming both job quality and the effectiveness of social dialogue within healthcare organizations. Aim: To assess nurses' readiness for digitalization in relation to job quality and social dialogue. Methods: A descriptive correlational study methodology was employed in this study. Setting: The present study was conducted at Tanta International Teaching Hospital affiliated to the Higher Education and Scientific Research in all Intensive Care Units (Heart & thoracic surgery, Burns, Neonatal, Cardiac, Medical, and Pediatric). Subjects: The research included all nurses (N= 241) in the settings listed above. Tools: three tools for data gathering were employed, Digital health readiness Questionnaire, Job quality Questionnaire, and Social Dialogue Questionnaire. Results: Over half (56.0%) of nurses exhibited a high degree of agreement to digital health readiness, over half (50.6%) of nurses exhibited a high degree of agreement to job quality and exceeding one-third (34.0%) of nurses exhibited a high degree of agreement to social dialogue. Conclusion: Nurses' performance was positively correlated with digital health readiness and job quality and social dialogue. Recommendations: Execution of a digitalization education initiative for nurses in various hospitals.