Factors affecting job satisfaction among nurses working at Lumbini Provincial Hospital.

Abstract

Background: Nursing one of the most sensitive as well as demanding profession where nurses needs to be physically and mentally sound. The profession of nursing and the quality care directly depends upon the satisfaction level of the nurses working upon it. If the nurses has full satisfaction which will give the good in quality of care for the patients, however if the nurses are dissatisfied with the facilities they are getting then the quality of care provided by them goes down. Methods: A descriptive, cross-sectional research design was used and a total 106 nurses who were working for at least 6 months in the Lumbini Provincial Hospital, were taken as study sample. Simple random sampling technique was used to select the desired sample. Pre-tested structured self-administered questionnaire with job satisfaction scale consisting twenty-four domains was used to collect the data. Obtained data were entered into SPSS version 16.0 for window and analyzed using descriptive statistics and inferential statistics (chi-square test). Results: Out of 106 samples, majority of the nurses were Just Satisfied with their job (63.2%), however 28.8% of them were not satisfied with their job whereas 12.3% of them were satisfied and 3.8% of them were fully satisfied with their job measured in Likert scale. Close association were found between selected demographic data and the job satisfaction level, these were Age (P-Value is 0.029) and Education level (P-Value is 0.058) of the respondents which is less than 0.05 which is highly significant. Out of the 24 different factors ,specific factors which has impact upon the job satisfaction are working hours, working environment, Interpersonal relationship in the institute, supervision system of the institute, Opportunity for progress and promotion, Training conference and workshop and policies regarding leave. Conclusion: To conclude with the help of above findings, this study helps us to provide us the evidence that there are numerous underlying factors which can affect the job satisfaction level among nurses which in turn affects the quality of patient care and health organizations too. Thus, priority should be given to the working hours and environment, interpersonal relationship and supervision system of the institute. On the other hand, Opportunity for progress and promotion and training should be emphasized for better nursing future and quality care of the patients. Keywords: Satisfaction, Nurses, Job