The Social Values of Nursing Staff and the Perceived Quality of Their Professional Lives

Mazuecos, Francisco Javier; De-Juanas Oliva, Ángel; Rodríguez-Bravo, Ana Eva; Páez Gallego, Javier

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“…Safe working conditions can improve their job satisfaction and sense of commitment. Job satisfaction can be reduced by factors such as a lack of a sense of safe and healthy working conditions, failure to meet employees’ workload needs and expectations, and lack of independence ( 60 ).…”

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Areas of professional life and job satisfaction of nurses

Tomaszewska,

Kowalczuk,

Majchrowicz

et al. 2024

Front. Public Health

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IntroductionJob satisfaction among nurses is closely related to work environment as well as organizational and professional commitment. Satisfaction is a concept derived from Latin, where “satis” means “enough,” as much as is needed to fully satisfy expectations, needs, aspirations, in such a way that there is no room for complaint. Job satisfaction, on the other hand, is formulated as a positive attitude of employees toward the duties of the job, the work environment and other employees. The aim of this paper was to demonstrate how the different areas of nurses’ professional life, i.e., workload, control, rewards, community, sense of justice and values, correlate with their perceived job satisfaction.Materials and methodsA cross-sectional study was conducted in a group of 509 nurses working in a public hospital in Poland. Data were collected using a survey questionnaire, which consisted of a section containing sociodemographic data and standardized instruments: The Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire (MSQ) and The Areas of Worklife Survey (AWS) developed by Maslach and Leiter. Correlations were made using Spearman’s rho coefficient. The calculations also used stepwise linear regression analysis after checking certain assumptions, including checking the assumption of normality of residuals and the Durbin-Watson Test.ResultsThe mean score for the 20 items of the MSQ questionnaire ranged from 3.05 to 3.43 on a 5-point Likert scale. Support from the interdisciplinary team, which concerned assessing the quality of the social environment in the workplace, cooperation and showing positive feelings received the highest rating among respondents (3.51 ± 0.76). The sense of fair treatment at work averaged 3.26 ± 0.58. The area of value conflict within the organization itself or between the employee’s values and those of the organization, respondents rated an average of 3.26 ± 0.65. The mean score for all areas of professional work in the surveyed group was 3.09 ± 0.45.ConclusionAs satisfaction in particular areas of work life increases, so does the level of satisfaction in such aspects of work as achievement and a sense of fairness. The higher the level of satisfaction in the area of control, the more the sense of satisfaction with independence increases. The higher the satisfaction of respondents in the areas of values, workload and control, the higher the level of satisfaction with working conditions occurs.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Areas of professional life and job satisfaction of nurses

Tomaszewska,

Kowalczuk,

Majchrowicz

et al. 2024

Front. Public Health

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Exploring Nurses’ Personal and Professional Values and Care Quality: A Convergent Mixed-Methods Analysis

Hlebichuk,

Lancaster,

Tuzik Micek

et al. 2024

West J Nurs Res

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Background: Professional standards and the Codes of Ethics from the International Council of Nurses and American Nurses Association are frameworks driving professional practice and are linked to positive patient and nursing outcomes. Objective: To describe qualitative themes extracted from narrative responses on how nurses’ personal values influence nursing care and converge with quantitative results assessing personal values, professional values, and the practice environment, a key component of nurse satisfaction and subsequent care quality. Methods: A convenience sample of nurses across 19 sites within a large nonprofit healthcare system was surveyed. Quantitative measures included the Short Schwartz’s Value Survey for personal values, the Nurses Professional Values Scale-3 for professional values, and the Practice Environment Scale of the Nursing Work Index, assessing practice settings. Concurrently, nurses were asked, “How do your values influence the care you provide?” Responses were examined using a descriptive qualitative method for thematic analysis. Results: The sample included qualitative (n = 408) and quantitative (n = 671) responses. Six qualitative themes emerged: patient-centered care, professionalism/integrity of practice, advocacy, dissonance, golden rule/ethics of reciprocity (religiosity), and perseverance. Themes converged with the mean personal values of achievement, self-direction, universalism, benevolence, tradition, and conformity, and diverged with hedonism, security, and stimulation. All professional values factor means and work environment subscale means converged. Conclusions: Findings highlight convergence and divergence between qualitative and quantitative responses from nurses, offering new insights into the themes of dissonance, perseverance, and religiosity. The findings present valuable opportunities to enhance recruitment and retention strategies.

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The Social Values of Nursing Staff and the Perceived Quality of Their Professional Lives

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Areas of professional life and job satisfaction of nurses

Areas of professional life and job satisfaction of nurses

Exploring Nurses’ Personal and Professional Values and Care Quality: A Convergent Mixed-Methods Analysis

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