Satisfacción laboral del profesional de enfermería en cuatro instituciones de salud / Job satisfaction in nursing staff of four health institutions

Se ha relacionado la satisfacción laboral con el desempeño y en los servicios de salud además, con la calidad del cuidado que se brinda. Objetivos. Establecer el grado de satisfacción laboral e identificar los factores asociados a ésta en personal de enfermería de cuatro Instituciones públicas de salud del tercer nivel de atención. Metodología: Estudio transversal, observacional y descriptivo. La muestra comprendió 594 profesionales de enfermería. Se aplicó una encuesta integrada por dos apartados, uno de datos socio-demográficos y otro para medir los factores intrínsecos y extrínsecos relacionados con la satisfacción laboral de acuerdo al instrumento de Font Roja ampliado (9 factores con 26 ítems en total). Resultados: Se obtuvo una confiabilidad del instrumento de 0.8 de alfa de Cronbach, 35% de los encuestados es personal especializado, la calificación de Satisfacción Laboral tuvo un promedio global de 101±10. Los factores identificados con insatisfacción fueron la promoción y competencia profesional, los mejor calificados la relación interpersonal con los jefes y con los compañeros. Los factores extrínsecos no mostraron diferencias estadísticamente significativas. Discusión: Los resultados concuerdan con la literatura, la promoción profesional y la competencia laboral son los que más se observan afectados. La institución "C" es la que tiene mayor nivel de satisfacción, también se resalta que el profesional que labora en áreas críticas se encuentra más satisfecho. Conclusiones: El personal de enfermería en estas instituciones tiene una calificación de nivel medio a alto de SL, la identificación de factores de insatisfacción así como de satisfacción son importantes para fundamentar mejoras e incidir en la calidad de los cuidados.

Job satisfaction has been linked to performance and, in the health services, to the quality of the care being given. Objectives.To establish the job satisfaction grade and to identify the factors associated to it in nursing staff of four tertiary care public health institutions. Methodology. Cross-sectional, observational, and descriptive study. The sample comprised 594 nursing professionals. A survey was applied, it consisted of two sections, one of socio-demographic data and the other to measure the intrinsic and extrinsic factor relate to job satisfaction in accordance to the extended Font Roja questionnaire (9 factors with 26 total items). Results. Instrument reliability with a cron bach's alpha value of 0.8 was obtained. 35% of the respondents are specialized personnel; the job satisfaction score had a. global mean of 101±10. Factor associated with dissatisfaction were job promotion and professional competence, factors with highest marks were interpersonal relationship with boss and workmates. Extrinsic factors did not show statistically significant differences. Discussion. Results are consistent with the literature; professional promotion and job competence are the most affected factors. Institution "C" has the highest ranks in job satisfaction, the fact that a professional working in critical areas is more satisfied is highlighted too. Conclusions. Nursing staff in the surveyed institutions have a medium to high level of job satisfaction, the identification of dissatisfaction and satisfaction factors is important to establish improvements in the health care quality.

The Applications of Vaccum Assisted Closure(V.A.C.) for the Treatment of Chronic Wounds with Extrinsic Factors

Vacuum Assisted Closure (V.A.C.) has been reported to speed up the healing of various chronic wounds including pressure sores, stasis ulcers, cutaneous gastrointestinal fistula, hardware exposure almost due to intrinsic factors. We applied V.A.C. for the treatment of the nonhealing wounds with impaired healing mechanism due to extrinsic factors. The extrinsic factors of our cases were systemic factors that have local effects on the wound healing response, including diabetes mellitus, systemic steroid administration, chemotherapy and end stage renal disease. A total of ten patients whose wound failed conservative management over 2 weeks were successfully treated by V.A.C. therapy. The healthy granulation tissue was formed and the wounds were closed by skin graft or delayed closure. In theses cases, the positive effect of V.A.C may be the local compensation of extrinsically deviated cellular environment by dressing foam structure, continuous drainage of inhibitory wound fluid and sufficient blood supply required for inflammatory response and cell proliferation. Our results demonstrate the usefulness of V.A.C. as an adjunct in management of chronic wounds with other extrinsic factors as well as diabetes mellitus.