RESUMEN
Work is one of the interesting things that people can think or talk about. All of the managers must know factors related to motivation and job satisfaction. Studies show that job satisfaction in nursing and health care settings is low. Low job satisfaction diversely affects on nursing care. It causes decreased quality care, and increased hospitalization as well as cost. This descriptive study was conducted to determine nurses' job satisfaction at Shaheed Beheshti Hospital in Yasooj, 2004. All subjects including 115 nurses were selected. Data were collected by a questionnaire validated and made reliable by content validity and test-retest reliability respectively. 70% of the subjects had university degree and the rest had high school diploma. Average age was 33.45 +/- 10.25. 54.6% of them were female and 45.6% were male. 89.7% were married and 10.3% were single. Findings showed that 80% of the subject didn't have job satisfaction and 20% had enough job satisfaction. 62% of the subjects didn't have job security and 37.4% felt it. 89% had enough satisfaction about managers and 11% had occasional satisfaction. Results showed that most nurses were dissatisfied, which can be related to job insecurity, low job improvements and general vision of society about nursing particularly at small towns. Accordingly, nursing should be known to people