Career satisfaction in the women nurses-perspective from Pakistan

ABSTRACT

To understand personal characteristics, work environment and its impact as determinants of job satisfaction and a desire to work in their career of choice by the nurses. A cross-sectional survey was conducted among the nurses working in two public sector hospitals in Rawalpindi and Islamabad, using a self-administered and anonymous questionnaire. Ninety-one filled questionnaires were returned out of the 125 distributed, i.e. a response rate of 72.8%. 73 [80.2%] nurses responded as always or almost always satisfied with their career. While 49 [53.8%] said that they are either always or almost always in control of their work life, and the rest described it as either rarely or never. But 68 [74.7%] nurses described their work stress level as either moderate or severe. Despite all the stresses experienced by the nurses surveyed, career satisfaction was reported to be substantially high