A cross sectional study on factors influencing professionalism in nursing among nurses in Mekelle Public Hospitals, North Ethiopia, 2012

Fantahun, Atsede; Demessie, Asrat; Gebrekirstos, Kahsu; Zemene, Ayalnesh; Yetayeh, Gebre

doi:10.1186/1472-6955-13-10

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“…These findings are supported by a study on nurses' professionalism in Ethiopia, which reported a significant relationship between professionalism and more years of experience. 32 Nurses who have held their jobs for less than four years are likely to still be adjusting to their working environments, which could have a negative effect on their attitudes compared to senior nurses who are more acclimated to their working environments. Nurse leaders may therefore need to be aware of the need to nurture new nurses into the profession to promote positive attitudes.…”

Section: Nurses' Attitudesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Job satisfaction and attitudes towards nursing care among nurses working at Mzuzu Central Hospital in Mzuzu, Malawi

Nyirenda¹,

Katowa-Mukwato²

2017

Mal. Med. J

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IntroductionNurses work at the frontlines of most healthcare systems, and their contributions are recognised as essential in delivering effective patient care.1 Providing quality nursing care is therefore an important consideration when discussing patient care standards. Nurses who are satisfied with their work and with the conditions under which care is provided are more likely to provide quality care that satisfies the patient. Literature has shown that job dissatisfaction leads nurses to have negative attitudes towards their work, which negatively affects the quality of care they provide. Nurses' job satisfaction is defined as the degree to which nurses like or enjoy the work they do.3 Job satisfaction is important in healthcare organisations because it is an indicator of the physical and psychological states of employees. 4 The attitude that a nurse holds towards patients and their state of ill health strongly determines the quality and extent of the emotional, physical, and psychological help that patients receive from that nurse. 5 Attitude is an evaluative disposition; a tendency to like or dislike, or to act favourably or unfavourably towards someone or something, which might have an impact on the way someone behaves towards that person or object. 6,7 It is established that optimal and compassionate nursing care is negatively affected by critical shortages of staff, heavy workload, low salaries, lack of support and respect from managers, inter-staff conflict, and poor quality of equipment and materials, among other factors.8-12 Such challenges may predispose nurses to negative attitudes and unprofessional conduct. The public opinion of nurses and their abilityOriginal Research Job satisfaction and attitudes towards nursing care among nurses working at Mzuzu Central Hospital in Mzuzu, Malawi to provide safe, quality, and compassionate care has been affected by such unprofessional conduct, incidences of which have subsequently become the subjects of media headlines. 13 Newspapers from Malawi and elsewhere in subSaharan Africa have reported about nurses' negative attitudes, negligence, and malpractice.14-18 Furthermore, a content analysis of South African newspapers found that there were few articles that portrayed the image of nursing as a caring, compassionate, and knowledgeable profession, while many articles indicated that nurses were overworked, uncaring, lazy, and suffering from burnout, with a general portrayal of negative attitude.19 Studies conducted in Malawi have reported that negative attitudes among nurses are sometimes manifested by rudeness and scolding of patients. 8,20,21 Such behaviours are associated with job dissatisfaction among nurses. 22-24Patient and public complaints about the quality of nursing care in Malawi may be related to negative attitudes among nurses who are dissatisfied with their jobs. This study was conducted to investigate the relationship between nurses' job satisfaction and attitudes towards nursing care at Mzuzu Central Hospital in Malawi. Methods Study design and se...

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Section: Nurses' Attitudesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Job satisfaction and attitudes towards nursing care among nurses working at Mzuzu Central Hospital in Mzuzu, Malawi

Nyirenda¹,

Katowa-Mukwato²

2017

Mal. Med. J

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“…[16] A cross sectional qualitative study conducted in four different hospitals in Ethiopia, concluded that nurses who joined the professional organization, as well as older nurses had higher professional value scores. [17] It was also determined that involvement in professional organizations improves nurses' perception of their own professionalism while contributing to the growth of the organization. [16,18] …”

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Professional values of baccalaureate nursing students in Jamaica

Chisholm-Ford¹,

Anderson-Johnson²,

Waite³

et al. 2016

JNEP

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Background/Objective: Print, broadcast and social media in Jamaica have highlighted numerous negative attitudes and behaviours of practicing nurses, while anecdotal reports indicate that attitudes and values displayed by a significant number of nursing students have been less than desirable. Professional values of nursing students are engendered during interactions and associations with nursing professionals; therefore, this study aims to determine professional values of nursing students as well as associations between age and professional values. Methods: A descriptive study was conducted among 102 randomly selected third year students from a school of nursing. Data were collected using a modified version of the 5-dimension (Caring, Trust, Professionalism, Activism and Justice) 26-item Nurses Professional Values Scale-Revised (NPVS-R) Tool. This tool has a scale ranging from 1-5 with 1 representing "not important" and 5 representing "most important". Data were analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 17.0. Descriptive statistics including mean and standard deviation were used to summarize the data. Results: The response rate was 98% and all respondents were females aged 19-39 years. Overall mean scores for the tool were high (4.40 ± 0.51). Trust scored highest (4.62 ± 0.41) and Caring lowest (4.20 ± 0.52). Also, of the 26 items, "honest and accurate documentation" scored highest (4.88 ± 0.41) and the item "willing to take risks to protect clients and colleagues", scored lowest (3.15 ± 1.08). The oldest respondents (25-39 years) scored highest on items related to Professionalism but lowest on Caring, Activism and Justice; while the youngest respondents (19-21 years) scored lowest on Professionalism. Conclusions: Caring and Professionalism received the lowest scores. Notably, the value of Professionalism increased with age while the Caring value decreased. In an effort to improve all professional values among future nurses, a multi-dimensional approached should be undertaken to maintain the standards of nursing care and to improve public perception.

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“…The mean score of nurses' job satisfaction in the three hospitals indicated that nurses scored low on job satisfaction, 36 – 108 range (24). Previous studies found lower job satisfaction in public sector health workers in both lower and higher-income countries (33, 34). Furthermore, compared to Tikur Anbesa and Jimma University specialized teaching hospitals, nurses working in Ayder Specialized Teaching Hospital showed the lowest job satisfaction.…”

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confidence: 73%

The effect of job demand-control-social support model on nurses’ job satisfaction in specialized teaching hospitals, Ethiopia

Negussie¹,

Kaur²

2016

Ethiop J Health Sci

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BACKGROUND: The job demand-control-social support model has been widely studied in western countries but has not been theoretically addressed on health workers of sub-Saharan African countries. Therefore, this study investigates the relationship between Job Demand-Control-Support Model and job satisfaction in specialized teaching hospitals in Ethiopia. METHOD: A cross-sectional survey was conducted from September 2014 to May 2015 in three public specialized teaching hospitals in Ethiopia. Among 1371 nurses, 360 were selected as sample. Data was collected using Job Content Questionnaire and Job Satisfaction Survey Questionnaire. After the data was collected, it was analyzed using SPSS version16.0 statistical software. The results were analyzed using of descriptive statistics followed by inferential statistics on the variables. RESULTS: The result revealed that control variables (gender, age, educational qualification, and work experience) accounted for a significant increment explaining 2.1 percent of the variance in job satisfaction. Job demand and social support together explained 24.5 percent of job satisfaction. Job demand(β=-0.152; p<0.01) had significant but negative relationship with job satisfaction and social support (β=0.458; p<0.01) had significant and positive relationship with job satisfaction. On the other hand, job control (β=0.042; p>0.05) did not have a significant relationship with job satisfaction. Furthermore, there was no straight three-way interaction effect among job demand, job control and social support (β=0.05, p>0.05). CONCLUSION: Job demand and social support are related to nurses' job satisfaction, but job control neither related to nor moderated the relationship between job demands and job satisfaction. Furthermore, there was no joint three-way interaction effect among job demand, job control and social support.

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A cross sectional study on factors influencing professionalism in nursing among nurses in Mekelle Public Hospitals, North Ethiopia, 2012

Cited by 37 publications

References 12 publications

Job satisfaction and attitudes towards nursing care among nurses working at Mzuzu Central Hospital in Mzuzu, Malawi

Job satisfaction and attitudes towards nursing care among nurses working at Mzuzu Central Hospital in Mzuzu, Malawi

Professional values of baccalaureate nursing students in Jamaica

The effect of job demand-control-social support model on nurses’ job satisfaction in specialized teaching hospitals, Ethiopia

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