Nursing Practice Environment and Psychological Well-being among Nurses

Ahmed Burhan Abdulameer; Duaa Fatlawi; Rawnaq Hussain Al-Ghrebawi

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Ahmed Burhan Abdulameer
ahmedb.alabbas@uokufa.edu.iq
Faculty of Nursing, University of Kufa, Iraq
Duaa Fatlawi Faculty of Nursing, University of Kufa, Iraq
Rawnaq Hussain Al-Ghrebawi Faculty of Nursing, University of Kufa, Iraq

Vol. 3 No. 8 (2025): International Journal of Integrative and Modern Medicine

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August 3, 2025

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One of the primary health care professionals in many healthcare settings is the nurse. Despite this, nurses are expected to work under growing pressure, frequently without adequate organizational support. These difficulties may have a detrimental effect on their psychological well-being. Providing nursing care and utilizing nurses' skills and expertise are made more challenging in a nursing practice environment that has flaws. Additionally, it results in fatigue, attrition, difficulties recruiting, and professional unhappiness, all of which have negative consequences on institutions. the aim of the study was to assess of nursing practice environment and psychological well-being among nurses and find out the relationship among nursing practice environment and psychological well-being and socio-demographic characteristics. The current study utilized a descriptive (cross-sectional) design. The study population included all staff nurses with total number 233 at inpatient units working in four hospitals namely (AL-Hakeem general hospital, AL-Sadar general hospital, AL-Furat general hospital and AL Zahraa teaching general hospital), used two tools: Ryff Psychological Wellbeing Scale (Ryff Scale), Nursing Practice Environment Scale, a personal and job characteristics questionnaire sheet was added. Among the nurses who participated in this study, a significant proportion (71.7%) were female; over half (59.2%) reported a moderate level of psychological well-being and most (66.5%) had high practice environment scale ratings. there is a significant correlation between psychological wellbeing and Practice Nursing Environment among staff nurses in governmental hospitals at Najaf city. The psychological health of nurses should be improved. Staff nurses can also look for training programs to advance their knowledge and personal development in order to retain their health and give patients’ higher-quality treatment.

Abdulameer, A. B., Fatlawi, D., & Al-Ghrebawi, R. H. (2025). Nursing Practice Environment and Psychological Well-being among Nurses. International Journal of Integrative and Modern Medicine, 3(8), 7–15. Retrieved from https://medicaljournals.eu/index.php/IJIMM/article/view/2019

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