Conclusions and Implications
The findings of this study have fully
answered the research questions. Of which, the
NPE was found to be favorable for nurses, four of
the five dimensions were good, and only nurse
staffing and resources dimension was poor as
perceived by the subjects. Moreover, burnout
level was discovered as moderate, with all of
three subscales moderate. Finally, the findings
also showed that the NPE was fully associated
with burnout, an occupational stress.
The results could provide valuable
information to nurses and nurse managers in
general hospitals to move forward in promoting
and developing a more favorable nursing practice
environment to reduce nurse burnout. In this
case, nurse staffing and resources should be the
priority of any strategy. Moreover, the administrators
should also have a deeper view on each
component of the environment and give more
intervention in order to lower the percentage
of the staff who are not satisfied. The results
might also help nurse managers to holistically
understand the NPE relationship to nurse
burnout. Hence, they could develop proper
strategies to reduce burnout.