Quality Work Life Balance of Nurses in Selected Hospitals in Niger State, Nigeria During Covid-19 Pandemic

Abstract

Quality of Nursing Work Life (QNWL) is the ability to meet up the organisational goals and obligations through the knowledge, skills and experience of nurses without compromising their own social life. Research objective of this study was determine the quality work life balance of staff nurses in Niger State during Covid-19 along depersonalization, emotional exhaustion and personal achievement. The study was conducted in selected hospitals in Niger State, Nigeria, with the view to find out the quality work life balance of nurses during covid-19 pandemic. Descriptive cross-sectional design was employed for the study over all finding revealed that participants’ quality work life balance under depersonalisation, emotional exhaustion, and personal achievement was moderate or in the stage of equilibrium. Major finding of the study shows that depersonalization, emotional exhaustion and personal accomplishment among the participants were moderate with the total mean of ± SD 2.70 ± 0.86), ± SD 2.70 ± 0.77), and ± SD 3.53 ± 0.54) respectively. Although finding of the variables under study were moderate, that notwithstanding, there is need for the management of the hospitals to put more efforts and strategies to address grey areas that include salary, allowances, provision of PPE equipment, physical and mental exhaustion, feelings of helplessness, fear and insecurity in readiness for any pandemic eventuality and as well avoid placing professionals with no experience in the care of critically‐ill patients during any pandemic. The study recommended that training of nurses, especially the younger ones to combat any emergency was necessary, provision of all the necessary equipment including private protective equipment, employment of more hands to lessen workload, and further research be conducted to cover all the hospitals in the state