The Effect of Accreditation on Job Productivity from Nurses’ Perspective: A Case Study in a Selected Military Hospital

The Accreditation program has been increasingly expanding around the world. Implementing the Accreditation program directly affects patients' quality and safety. Also increasing the productivity of the manpower to reach the predetermined goals of the organization, is of the utmost importance. As a result, this research was conducted to assess the effect of the Accreditation program on job productivity from the nurse's point of view.

This descriptive-analytical study was conducted cross-sectionally in 2021. A total of 250 nurses working in a military hospital were included in the study and all subjects completed the questionnaire. To collect the data related to the Accreditation program, the Scholarly inquiry created by Jardali was used the validity and reliability of which were assessed and confirmed. The data related to the productivity of the nurses was collected using the Standard Hersey and Goldsmith inquiry (ACHIEVE). Also, the data was analyzed using analytical statistics in the form of Confirmatory Factor Analysis and the path analysis was done using Structural Equation Modeling based on the Partial Least Squares method with the Smart-PLS3 software.

The results show that Accreditation has a meaningful effect on the productivity of nurses. The average score of the total accreditation and productivity was equal to 3.03±0.75 and 2.47±0.64. From all the different accreditation dimensions the highest score belonged to the qualitative results of accreditation (3.23±0.83) and the lowest score they have belonged to the leadership, commitment, and support dimension (2.80±0.96). Also in the productivity dimensions the highest score belonged to the capability (2.77±0.84) and compatibility (2.75±1.12) dimension and the lowest score belonged to the motivation dimension (2.08±0.86).

The accreditation program has had an impact on the productivity of nurses. Hospital managers can increase their productivity by strengthening dimensions such as leadership, commitment, support of nurses, use of production factors and existing technology, and work better towards achieving organizational goals. Managers and policymakers should provide conditions where nurses can participate in determining the strategies and goals of the organization and consider themselves a part of the organization.