Job Satisfaction and the Associated Factors Amongst Nurses In Southeastern Nigeria: Cross Sectional Study

Abstract

Background: Job satisfaction is a significant indicator of the way nurses feel about their profession, the efforts to perform their professional duties, or otherwise abandons it willingly. Method: cross-sectional research design approach was used to assess the job satisfaction and the associated factors among 300 hundred nurses. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics and kruskal wallis test for association between the socio-demographic variables and job satisfaction at significance level of 0.05 Result: About 1/3 of the respondents (31%) reported gross dissatisfaction with their job, 0% reported being well satisfaction while (68.7%) respondents reported moderate satisfaction with their job. Across items on the scale, gross dissatisfaction was noted on key managerial factors and the salary of the workers. Job satisfaction was associated with specialty (p<0.018), gender (P<0.002) and age (P<0.000) of Nurses. Conclusion: majority of the respondents were moderately satisfied with their job but grossly dissatisfied with salary and administrative roles like communication flow.

Nurses Job Satisfaction, Patients Satisfaction, and Quality of Care in Nnamdi Azikiwe Teaching Hospital Nnewi, Anambra State, Nigeria

“…Moreover, communication and team building among nurses was revealed to have significant effect on the satisfaction levels of nurses. This in line with Olusegun and colleague (2020) that nurses were grossly dissatisfied with communication flow/administrative roles Njaka et al (2020). also demonstrated that communication flows and administrative role significantly affect nurses' job satisfaction.…”

“…Olajide et al (2020) in their work in Lagos, Nigeria found out that majority (100%) of the respondents were not satisfied with their salary which is consistent with findings in this work. Other studies by Asuquo and colleagues (2017), Orukwowu et al (2021), Malalasekare and colleagues (2020), Njaka et al (2020), Kever et al (2018) demonstrated that salary is a significant influence of job satisfaction. This is similar with the findings of this study.…”

“…Job satisfaction is affected by many factors that enable nurses to provide good patient care such as healthy working environment, adequate work, timely and adequate salary, professional development, adequate working hours, friendliness and leadership, appropriate production and quality equipment. It is an important part of employee retention in any organization (Njaka, et al, 2020). Nurses constituent the largest workforce in healthcare facilities and provide 50% -80% of health care services.…”

“…About 600 Nigerian healthcare workers voluntarily migrate every year to Western countries, mostly Europe and North American in search of better jobs. As many as 13% of nursing workers move to other countries for better benefits/income, adequate wok and environment, leading to decline in healthcare (Kever et al, 2018;Njaka et al, 2020). Industrial disputes among healthcare professionals and incessant strikes, making it difficult for people to access medical services.…”

“…Industrial disputes among healthcare professionals and incessant strikes, making it difficult for people to access medical services. Compared to other African countries, Nigeria has one of the worst global health indicators and one of the weakest health systems, accounting for 10% of global diseases and a maternal mortality rate of 1350/100,000 live births, the fifth lowest and under five mortality rate of 109/1000 live births (Njaka et al, 2020). Understanding the importance of nurses' satisfaction will improve the quality of care provided to patients and therefore increase patient satisfaction, which is an important factor in healthcare.…”