Role of Moral Distress and Sense of Coherence on Job Satisfaction among Psychiatric Nurses

Abstract

Job satisfaction relates to nurses' health, productivity, job performance and quality of patients care. A better understanding of the determinants of job satisfaction among mental health nurses may allow identification of strategies to improve the working conditions for these nurses with resulting benefits for the quality of nursing care. Aim of the study: Examine the role of both moral distress and sense of coherence on job satisfaction among nurses working with patients having psychiatric disorders.

Perception of Interprofessional Collaboration and Occupational Well Being Among Preclerk

“…Ibrahim et al, 2022 in their study of correlation of job satisfaction and stress of nurses in Tanta and Benha, Egypt, established that nurses with severe psychiatric symptoms ( somatic symptoms, anxiety and insomnia, social dysfunction and severe depression)were the least satisfied with their work in general, their supervisors, their colleagues and with opportunities for promotion. Other studies on nurses with years of professional experience(Lorber and Dobnik, 2022) detected that severe anxiety and stress affect well being of nursing staff.…”