Entorno laboral de los enfermeros de un hospital público de Colombia

Introduction: The work environment of hospital nurses and its impact on results have not been explored in Colombia. This research seeks to describe the characteristics of the work environment of nurses in a Colombian public hospital and to determine their association with sociodemographic characteristics and with results for the nurse, the patient and the institution.Method: Exploratory descriptive study. The 139 clinical nurses from the institution were invited to participate. The form was sent by RedCap, with sociodemographic and employment questions, the ENLASA-Nursing instrument, and results questions. Frequencies and percentages were obtained from the sociodemographic and employment data. The Dalenius-Hodges method was used to determine the score in which the healthy work environment was considered. To analyze the associations between sociodemographic and occupational characteristics, ENLASA-Nursing scores, and outcomes, the contingency coefficient, Phi, and Cramer's V were used.Results: The response rate was 84%. The overall score suggests that the work environment is healthy. The dimension of organizational structural components is considered unhealthy (58.3048/100); that of organizational processes is considered healthy (68.1256/100). The subdimensions with the lowest scores were: human resources policies (62.2960/100), nursing resource planning (42.9487), and remuneration (52.7778). In the organizational process dimension, clinical autonomy obtained the lowest and the only score that classifies it as an unhealthy aspect (52.6709).Conclusions: There is a need to promote healthy work environments, work on policies and planning of human resources in nursing, and advance research on this matter, to support national and organizational policy decisions. Introducción: El entorno laboral de los profesionales de enfermería hospitalarios y su impacto en resultados no ha sido explorado en Colombia. Esta investigación busca describir las características del entorno laboral de los profesionales de enfermería de un hospital público universitario colombiano y determinar su asociación con las características sociodemográficas y con resultados para el enfermero, el paciente y la institución.Método: Estudio descriptivo exploratorio. Se invitó a participar a los 139 enfermeros clínicos de la institución. Se remitió el formulario por RedCap, con preguntas sociodemográficas y laborales, el instrumento ENLASA-Enfermería y preguntas de resultados. De los datos sociodemo