英文摘要 |
The purpose of this study is to understand the degrees of job satisfaction of nursing staff in a teaching hospital and to investigate differences In nurses' satisfaction with their job as a function of differences in nurses' intrinsic characters. Data were collected by surveying 1240 nurses of a teaching hospital in southern Taiwan with a questionnaire. The questionnaire employed was a survey of job satisfaction of nursing staff designed by the author referencing other publications on similar subjects. The overall reliability of the questionnaire is examined by its consistency with the Cronbach's alpha 0.90. The questionnaires were examined by construct validity and content validity. The construct validity of the questionnaire has been examined by factor analysis to separate to five dimensions with an over 0.84 content reliability for each. The content validity of the questionnaire has been verified by a channel experts, and the suitability and clearness of the questionnaire is 86%. The job satisfaction of nursing staff is evaluated by the Likert's 5-scale standard. Data were analyzed statistically and presented by the descriptive statistics、t-test、one-way ANOVA、and factor analysis. The results of the study are as follow. The average degree of satisfaction is 3.32 out of a 5-point likert's scale, indicating a level of satisfaction between generally satisfied and satisfied. When different care units are considered, nurses in physical examination center、home care center and referring service division are more satisfied with their jobs. On the contrast, nurses in OR are least satisfied, followed by those in ER. Among the five dimensions of satisfaction, 'sense of achievement' and quality and safety of the work place' scored higher, while 'wages and benefits' and 'professional colleagues' scored lower. Within the subdivision of 'respect by professional clinician', the 'respect by physicians' scored the lowest. The results of this Investigation should provide policy makers and administrators with an understanding of the degrees of job satisfaction among their employees, which hopefully will be taken into consideration when making efforts to improve the working environment for their nursing employees. It is also obvious from this study that a prerequisite for increasing nurses' job satisfaction is the improvement of the quality and expertise of nursing professionals. Therefore, the development of advanced nursing role (such as nursing specialist or case manager) and its legalization become a pressing issue that should no longer be delayed. |