A STUDY ON QUALITY OF WORKLIFE AMONG PRIVATE HOSPITAL NURSES WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO MANNARKKAD MUNICIPALITY, PALAKKAD DISTRICT

Abstract

In the life of a working individual, the quality of work life holds prime importance. Over a period of time, numerous opportunities have been created in the corporate world, each offering a more conducive work environment to the employee than the last. This has given rise to employee expectations, which coupled with the acceptance of the importance of employee retention, has forced employers to think even about the minutes of parameters which influence the quality of work life. Quality of nursing care is considered as an important aspect in evaluating the quality of health care. The quality of nursing and health care is directly interlinked to levels of job satisfaction among nurses and on the quality of nurse’s work life. The rapidly changing health care environment has had an impact on the nursing work environment, workload and quality of nursing work life. In this paper studies the quality of work life among private hospital nurses.