Job satisfaction and related factors among Iranian intensive care unit nurses
Abstract Objectives The aim of this study is to determine the levels of job satisfaction and to collect information about the factors affecting job satisfaction of Iranian ICU hospital nurses. Results The participants included 124 nurses working in the ICU section of hospitals in the city of Amol in...
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| author | Somayeh Mousazadeh Shahrzad Yektatalab Marzieh Momennasab Soroor Parvizy |
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| description | Abstract Objectives The aim of this study is to determine the levels of job satisfaction and to collect information about the factors affecting job satisfaction of Iranian ICU hospital nurses. Results The participants included 124 nurses working in the ICU section of hospitals in the city of Amol in Iran, who were selected by census method. The instruments for gathering the information included Demographic Information Questionnaire and also the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire. The results revealed that the average score of job satisfaction among ICU nurses was 2.50 ± 0.51. Also job satisfaction among women was higher than men (P = 0.03, t = 0.4). One way analysis of variance showed a significant relation between job satisfaction level with employment status and overtime work. Also older nurses had higher levels of job satisfaction. Hospital directors and managers, can use the results of this study in order to have a deeper understanding of job satisfaction among nurses, and the factors affecting it. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ddb21190de4342209b8e9724ee5bc5cb2022-12-22T01:05:24ZengBMCBMC Research Notes1756-05002018-11-011111510.1186/s13104-018-3913-5Job satisfaction and related factors among Iranian intensive care unit nursesSomayeh Mousazadeh0Shahrzad Yektatalab1Marzieh Momennasab2Soroor Parvizy3Amol Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Mazandaran University of Medical ScienceCommunity Based Psychiatric Care Research Center, Department of Mental Health and Psychiatric Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shiraz University of Medical SciencesDepartment of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shiraz University of Medical SciencesDepartment of Pediatric Nursing, Nursing and Midwifery Faculty, Center for Educational Research in Medical Sciences (CERMS), Iran University of Medical SciencesAbstract Objectives The aim of this study is to determine the levels of job satisfaction and to collect information about the factors affecting job satisfaction of Iranian ICU hospital nurses. Results The participants included 124 nurses working in the ICU section of hospitals in the city of Amol in Iran, who were selected by census method. The instruments for gathering the information included Demographic Information Questionnaire and also the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire. The results revealed that the average score of job satisfaction among ICU nurses was 2.50 ± 0.51. Also job satisfaction among women was higher than men (P = 0.03, t = 0.4). One way analysis of variance showed a significant relation between job satisfaction level with employment status and overtime work. Also older nurses had higher levels of job satisfaction. Hospital directors and managers, can use the results of this study in order to have a deeper understanding of job satisfaction among nurses, and the factors affecting it.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13104-018-3913-5Job satisfactionDemographic characteristicsNursesICU |
| spellingShingle | Somayeh Mousazadeh Shahrzad Yektatalab Marzieh Momennasab Soroor Parvizy Job satisfaction and related factors among Iranian intensive care unit nurses BMC Research Notes Job satisfaction Demographic characteristics Nurses ICU |
| title | Job satisfaction and related factors among Iranian intensive care unit nurses |
| title_full | Job satisfaction and related factors among Iranian intensive care unit nurses |
| title_fullStr | Job satisfaction and related factors among Iranian intensive care unit nurses |
| title_full_unstemmed | Job satisfaction and related factors among Iranian intensive care unit nurses |
| title_short | Job satisfaction and related factors among Iranian intensive care unit nurses |
| title_sort | job satisfaction and related factors among iranian intensive care unit nurses |
| topic | Job satisfaction Demographic characteristics Nurses ICU |
| url | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13104-018-3913-5 |
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