Study on occupational benefit and job satisfaction of nurses in Guangzhou nursing home / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To understand the present situation of occupational benefit and job satisfaction of nurses in Guangzhou medical and nursing institutions, and to analyze the influencing factors of occupational benefit, so as to provide reference for the managers of pension institutions to formulate measures.Methods:A total of 83 in-service nurses from four medical and nursing institutions in Guangzhou were selected by convenient sampling. The general data questionnaire, nurses′ occupational benefit scale, job satisfaction scale, organizational support scale and job input scale were used to adjust the questionnaire.Results:The total score of occupational benefit of nurses in Guangzhou medical and nursing institutions was 106.14±16.38, which was in the middle level. Among them, the score of good nurse-patient relationship (76.40%) was the highest, the score of positive occupational perception(69.20%) was the lowest, and the total score of job satisfaction was 95.25±14.06. Among them, the score of satisfaction with colleagues (76.87%) was the highest, and the score of welfare treatment and professional development opportunity (55.40%, 56.15%) was lower. The total scores of organizational support and work input were 40.18 ± 9.58 and 54.92 ± 9.58, respectively. The results of multiple linear regression showed that nurses′ age, job satisfaction, organizational support and job input were the important factors affecting nurses′ sense of professional benefit( t values were -3.518-6.668, P<0.01 or 0.05). Conclusions:The managers of pension institutions should take positive measures to improve the welfare treatment of nurses, increase their professional development opportunities, strengthen emotional support for nurses, improve nurses′ concentration and energy input to work, so as to improve nurses′ sense of professional benefit and job satisfaction.