title: [Operating theatre and medical ward nurses: two different ways of perceiving one's organizational health].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  It is widely recognized that the working environment is crucial in the genesis of stress and other disorders that may affect nurses' health. The specific job context and the tasks performed by nurses in different clinical settings can be positive or negative predictors of organizational health.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to describe and compare organizational health among nurses working in operating theaters and medical wards.
  
  
  METHODS
  For the study 670 nurses from six university hospitals in Italy were asked to participate and a total of 542 nurses constituted the final sample. The Nursing Organizational Health Questionnaire was used to collect the data and was administered from January to March 2010. A descriptive/comparative design was used.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results showed that nurses assigned to medical wards perceived their working environment as healthy and were significantly more satisfied and had less psychosomatic complaints than their colleagues working in operating theaters.
authors.affiliation: Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata, Policlinico Tor Vergata, Roma. alessandro.sili@ptvonline.it
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sili
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vellone
authors.forename: Roberta
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fida
authors.forename: Rosaria
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Alvaro
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Avallone
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009726:Nurses / Q000145:classification / Q000523:psychology*; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D016272:Occupational Health; D009871:Operating Room Nursing; D009873:Operating Rooms; D010362:Patients' Rooms; D012649:Self Concept; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult