Job satisfaction and self-esteem of nurses in emergency departments of teaching hospitals in Mashhad city

ABSTRACT

Job satisfaction is a general attitude of a person toward his job. Higher level of satisfaction leads to better results and efficacy. Job satisfaction provides an opportunity for attaining significant occupational values compatible with satisfaction of an individual's basic needs and influential in their achievement. One of the personal characteristics affecting organizational behaviors is self-esteem. In fact, self-esteem determines our life satisfaction. This descriptive study was conducted to determine job satisfaction and self-esteem of nurses at emergency departments [EDs] of teaching hospitals in Mashhad city. Data collection tools included a job satisfaction questionnaire and self-esteem Ayznk test. Data were analyzed by t- and Mann-Whitney U tests as well as Pearson correlation. Finding showed that 69.6%, 16.4% and 14% of the subjects had moderate, low, and high levels of job satisfaction respectively. No subject had very low job satisfaction. 63.5%, 20.4% and 16.1% of the subjects had moderate, high and low level of self-esteem respectively. There was a direct correlation between self-esteem and job satisfaction. Findings showed that job satisfaction and self-esteem of ED nurses were, moderate. There was a positive relation between marital status and job safisfaction as well as self-esteem. It seems that single nurses have lower job satisfaction and self-esteem