JOB SATISFACTION VARIABLES AND THE PROFESSIONAL PERI-OPERATIVE NURSE.
Contributors: University of Cincinnati.
Published: 1989
Number of pages: 233
Subjects: Health Sciences, Nursing.; Women's Studies.
Description: Historical perspectives of professional nursing provide the scope for dissatisfaction among the members of the profession. Social and cultural changes in the twentieth century have affected the practice of nursing. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine the variables that have a significant impact on the job satisfaction of registered professional nurses employed in the peri-operative setting. The importance of this descriptive study was its emphasis on pay, autonomy, task requirement, organizational requirement, interaction, and professional status as a motivator of job satisfaction among peri-operative nurses. The concern of this study is with those characteristics which may influence job satisfaction. The combination of these individual characteristics, length of practice, area of practice and length of education may indeed have a great influence on whether or not an individual is satisfied or dissatisfied on the job.

The three major reasons for studying job satisfaction of professional peri-operative nurses were as follows: (1) the correlation that employee dissatisfaction will increase turnover and absentee rate; (2) health care providers need to be satisfied if they are to provide optimum care to their patients, (3) job satisfaction or dissatisfaction affects ability to effectively interact with colleagues as well as physical and mental status.

A descriptive one time case study design was used to assess the peri-operative nurse's attitude toward job satisfaction variables. The Index on Work Satisfaction was administered one time only to two different groups of peri-operative nurses at two different medical centers.

Findings from the analysis, N = 67 subjects that are applicable to nursing management, were that peri-operative nurses indeed have different levels of expectation and job satisfaction; professional status was found to be a highly significant predictor of job satisfaction; job satisfaction is significantly affected by individuals' perception of pay; and job satisfaction was not affected by demographic variables.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 50-11, Section: B, page: 4990.

Thesis (ED.D.)--UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI, 1989.

School code: 0045.