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Nurses' job satisfaction and the affecting demographic and job factors in teaching hospitals Affiliated to Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Iran
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Zahra Mastaneh   , Lotfollah Mouseli * |
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Abstract: (5890 Views) |
| Introduction: Lack of satisfaction can lead to decreasing quality of services, desertion, and work absence
among nursec as a major human resource of health system. Several factors are involved in this field. In
current study, we reviewed the rate of nursing job satisfaction and the influencing demographic and job
factors in teaching hospitals affiliated to Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Iran.
Method: In this descriptive-analytical study, 250 nurses selected from 14 departments of 3 teaching
hospitals by random sampling. Data gathered by standard WHO questionnaire included demographic data
and 36 questions about professional (19), communication and cooperative (9), administrative (5), and
wage and salary (3) dimensions based on Likert scale (1-5). Data were analyzed by descriptive and
inferential (ANOVA, t, and Pearson correlation tets) statistics.
Results: Generally, nurses' job satisfaction was in moderate level (3.18 ± 0.54). The mean of satisfaction
was 3.42 ± 0.98 in communication and cooperative, 3.35 ± 1.08 in professional, 2.62 ± 1.09 in
administrative, and 2.34 ± 0.97 in wage and salary dimentions. On demographic factors, there was no
significant relationship between nurses' job satisfaction and gender (P = 0.80), age (P = 0.40), marital
status
(P = 0.50) and educational level (P = 0.50). In addition, on job factors, there was no significant
relationship between nurses' job satisfaction and working department (P = 0.80), type of employment
(P = 0.10), tenure (P = 0.20) and income (P = 0.50) but there was significant relationship between job
satisfaction and various nursing positions (P = 0.02).
Discussion and Conclusion: Rate of nursing job satisfaction was in moderate level. Given the low
satisfaction about the management and wage and salary dimensions, hospital managers must improve
management and communication methods, and optimize fair payment systems. Besides, regarding to
demographic and job factors, they should evaluate the nurses' satisfaction periodically to determine the
effectiveness of taken interventions. |
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| Keywords: Nursing, Job satisfaction, Demographic factors, Job factors |
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Type of Study: Research |
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Received: 2014/10/27 | Accepted: 2014/10/27 | Published: 2014/10/27
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