Introduction:

The quality of working life is a dynamic process that favors human development and the well-being of workers, whose perception can determine the commitment to their organization.

Objective:

To determine the relationship between the quality of working life and the engagement in the nursing staff of a public hospital.

Methods:

Cross-sectional study carried out in a sample of 43 nurses from an emergency department, who answered the questionnaire of quality of working life in public hospitals and the Utrecht scale of commitment at work. Frequencies and percentage, means and standard deviation were estimated. The Spearman correlation test was used.

Results:

Nurses presented a good level of commitment at work (4.70 ± 0.99), dedication was the best valued dimension, followed by vigor (4.74 ± 0.85) and absorption (4.59 ± 1.35). The mean quality of working life was high (2.18 ± 0.34). The well-being achieved through work was the dimension best valued. Work engagement and quality of working life had a significant relationship (rho= 0.875; p≤ 0.001).

Conclusions:

The quality of working life in the nursing staff had a direct and high relationship with engagement.

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