JOB SATISFACTION AMONG NURSES SHEIKH ZAYED HOSPITAL, RAHIM YAR KHAN.

Abstract

Abstract

Introduction: Nursing is that profession which is directly related with provision of health care services

towards individuals, families as well as communities in a country so that they can attain or maintain

positive health .So satisfaction of nurses regarding their jobs is very much important for achievement

of good quality of medical as well as preventives care. Unsatisfaction of nurses in this regard can lead

towards low quality health care and can ultimately affect the goal of positive health achievement at

national level. Objective: to determine job satisfaction among nurses in Sheikh Zayed Hospital,

Rahimyar Khan. Methodology: This Cross-Sectional Study was conducted in different wards and

emergency of Sheikh Zayed Hospital, Rahimyar Khan from 5th of 1st January to 28th of February, 2022.

A total of 112 nurses of Sheikh Zayed hospital who gave consent were included in the study, student

nurses and those who didn’t give consent were excluded from this study. The data collection was done

by a pre-designed and pre tested questionnaire. Convenient sampling technique was used for this study.

Our Questionnaire included variables like age, marital status, residential area, monthly income,

education, duration of service, job category, working hours, family size, dependent members, distance

from house, mode of transportation, facilities available and working environment. Results: 112 nurses

in total were interviewed in this study from which 75% belonged to urban area while 25% to rural

areas. 58.9% nurses were married. 68.8% were diploma holders and 31.2% were graduates.

Environment of working place for 26.8% nurses was excellent, 64.3% was good and 8.9% was bad.

Among all the study subjects, 55.4% worked for 6 hours, 19.6% for 8 hours and 25% for 12 hours.

87.5% were satisfied with their job while 12.5% were unsatisfied. Conclusion: Majority of nurses in

our a tertiary care hospital were satisfied with their jobs. However, working environment can be made

better for unsatisfied nurses to achieve good quality of health care.