Advances in Nursing & Midwifery

Abstract

Abstract

Background and aim:

 

 

Job satisfaction and its effective factors is an important issue in prodctivity improvement.The main purpose of this study is evaluation of Job satisfaction and its effective factors in three teaching hospitals of Shahid Beheshti University of medical sciences.

Materials and Methods:

 

 

In this cross sectional study, 100 nurses in three general hospitals were questioned ragarding Brayfield-Rothe job satiafactin questionare. Finnaly demographic and

professional data as well as responses to questionair were analysed according to level of satisfaction and its effective factors.

Findings:

 

 

Ninty nurses were answerd to questionair (78.9% female). The mean age of respondents was 28.8 ± 4.9 years. The mean level of job satisfaction was 54.6 ± 12.1 based on Brayfield-Rothe

criterias. There is a direct relationship between job satisfaction and monthly income.

Conclusion:

 

 

64% of emergency nurses had job satisfaction based on Brayfield-Rothe criterias. It seems that income satisfaction in compare with other effective factors play a significant role in job

satisfaction

Key words:

 

Job satisfaction, nursing service, emergency department.