Assessment of job satisfaction among nursing officers working at a tertiary care hospital in Northern India

Abstract

Introduction: Job satisfaction among nurses is an indicator of excellent working environment and management of the institution. The study of job satisfaction has relevance to nursing from economic, humanitarian, and professional perspectives. Aim and Objective: This study aimed to understand the job satisfaction among nursing officers (NOs) at a tertiary care hospital. Methodology: A cross-sectional questionnaire-based study was conducted using the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire short form. Results: The study was conducted in the different areas of tertiary care hospital. The study population comprised NOs employed in tertiary care hospital. Nearly half of the participants were in the age group of 21–30 years. Among the nursing professionals, more than two-third of them were NOs 620 (73.4%), followed by senior NOs, assistant nursing superintendent (NS), deputy NS, and NS with least in count comprising 0.1%. It was found that mostly all of the nursing professionals were either moderately satisfied or highly satisfied with their profession. Discussion: Chi-square test was performed to find the relationship between the job satisfaction and age group factor, which indicated that there was a significant association between the variables (P < 0.01). There was no significant difference was observed in the satisfaction level of intrinsic factors among the nurses. Age, area of posting, and the educational qualification had a significant influence on satisfaction level of nurses. It was also observed that length of service did not have any significant influence on the satisfaction level among the nursing staffs. Conclusion: The study found that most of the nurses were satisfied but some factors were commonly related with dis-satisfaction.

Keywords

• departments
• hospital
• job satisfaction
• nurses