The impact of environmental and demographic factors on nursing job satisfaction
Journal Title: Electronic Physician - Year 2018, Vol 10, Issue 4
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: This study aims to evaluate all aspects of job satisfaction in registered nurses working in different hospitals in Shiraz, Iran. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was performed during February to August 2015 in Shiraz, Iran. It comprised of 371 registered nurses working in government and private hospitals using multi-stage cluster sampling. Job satisfaction was evaluated using 5 items of the Job Descriptive Index (JDI) consisting of 63 questions developed by Smith, Kendall, and Hulin (1969). Statistical tests including independent sample t test and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) were used in order to identify the relation between job satisfaction, and demographic features and work environment. Data were analyzed by SPSS version 15.0, using descriptive statistics, independent-samples t-test, and ANOVA. RESULTS: Our findings showed no relationship between demographic variables and job satisfaction. However, a significant association was observed between environmental aspects such as work rotation (fixed versus rotating) nurse's status (staff vs. supervisors), type of hospitals (governmental vs. private) and work (p<0.01), promotion (p<0.02) and pay (p<0.01) items respectively; however, type of hospital was deemed exempt regarding promotion. Also regarding the number of shifts per week, nurses with more than eight shifts present a lower mean score of satisfaction about pay significantly (p=0.03). CONCLUSION: The results concerning younger nurses have different types of satisfaction based on several environmental factors. Nurses' policy makers must pay more attention to nurses' satisfaction and focus on reducing the various inequalities
Authors and Affiliations
Farnaz Rahnavard, Ahmad Kalateh Sadati, Sorror Hemmati, Najmeh Ebrahimzade, Yaser Sarikhani, Seyed Taghi Heydari, Kamran Bagheri Lankarani
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP339702
- DOI 10.19082/6712
- Views 85
- Downloads 0
An overview of skin lesions adapted to Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Persian Medicine
BACKGROUND: Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (CL) which is prevalent in all continents and is classified by the WHO as one of the neglected tropical diseases, existed in the past also, and discovered ancient works confirm this is...
Exploring the experiences of Iranian adolescent mothers about the maternal role: a qualitative study
BACKGROUND: Early motherhood is one of the most important issues in developing countries. Adolescent mothers are not sufficiently prepared to accept the maternal role. How to achieve success in the maternal role should b...
A historical review of the concept of labor support in technocratic, humanistic and holistic paradigms of childbirth
BACKGROUND: In the past century, maternal support during childbirth has been changed according to the different approaches suggested by various health care paradigms. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this review was to argue the m...
Surgical outcome of conjunctival rotational autograft-mitomycin C (MMC) versus free conjunctival autograft-MMC for pterygium removal: A randomized clinical trial
BACKGROUND: Pterygium is a common degenerative eye disease. Despite various surgical methods to treat pterygium, recurrence is the main complication. The main issue is finding a surgical method with the lowest recurrence...
Cluster analytical approach to Lifestyle characteristics: A population based study in Shiraz, Iran
INTRODUCTION: A limited number of risky behaviors cause most morbidity and mortality. The aim of this study was to determine the possible clustering of lifestyle behaviors, including transportation behaviors, diet, physi...