Objective This descriptive study reveals how nurses working in public hospitals rated their practice environments with respect to nurse-friendly hospital criteria. Methods This study was conducted on 460 nurses volunteering to participate this study among 735 nurses working in inpatient wards of three public hospitals. Data were collected using a personal information form and the Adapted Nursing Work Index–Revised. Numbers, percentages, means and standard deviations, t -test and one-way variance analysis were used to evaluate the data. Results Among the nurse-friendly hospital criteria, ‘control of nursing practice’, ‘middle management accountability’ and ‘quality initiatives’ had the highest mean scores, and ‘competitive wages’ had the lowest mean score. The assessments of the nurses presented statistically significant differences with respect to personal and occupational variables. Conclusion The nurses found most of the nurse-friendly hospital criteria adequate, but they believed that several areas needed improvement.

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Aim: This research was conducted with the aim to determine the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the Solid Waste Management Scale in health institutions. Method: The study population consisted of nurses working in two different hospitals (918 + 939 = 1857 nurses). The samples were selected from the universe using the improbable sampling method. The data were collected by a Personal Information Form and the Solid Waste Management Scale in Healthcare Institutions. The data were analyzed based on the computations of descriptive statistics including mean, standard deviation, frequencies, percentages, Cronbach’s alpha reliability coefficient, Pearson Product Moments Correlation, Factor Analysis, Bartlett’s Test, and Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin Test. Results: The content validity index of the scale was found to be 0.98. The Cronbach’s alpha reliability coefficients of the scale ranged between 0.59, and 0.73, while the item factor loads between 0.31, and 0.94, and the item-total correlation values between 0.21, and 0.77. The factorial structure of the scale was confirmed as a result of the Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analyses. Conclusion: The Turkish version of the Solid Waste Management Scale in Health Institutions showed that it is a valid and reliable tool for determining the level of knowledge and attitudes of nurses working in health institutions about solid waste management. This scale, whose validity and reliability has been tested, can be used to determine the attitudes and knowledge levels of nurses working in health institutions on solid waste management.

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