INVESTIGATION OF WORK SATISFACTION OF REGISTERED NURSES IN MICHIGAN.
Contributors: Michigan State University.
Published: 1990
Number of pages: 165
Subjects: Health Sciences, Nursing.
Description: Numerous organizations are seeking data to address the nursing shortage crisis, and the problem of turnover of Registered Nurses from employing agencies. Nurse turnover is one dimension of the nursing shortage that research has shown to be related to nurses' work satisfaction. An examination of factors of work satisfaction of Registered Nurses in Michigan is an important step in the effort to plan for nursing care for Michigan's citizens.

The purpose of this descriptive study was to gather data that can be used to influence decision makers to redesign nurses' jobs by minimizing or eliminating factors shown to be dissatisfiers for Registered Nurses in Michigan. For this study, data were collected from a geographically stratified, random sample computer selected from the Michigan Board of Nursing licensure list of Registered Nurses residing in Michigan. Subjects were asked to complete a questionnaire, developed, validated and reliability tested by Paula Stamps and Eugene Piedmonte. The factors of work satisfaction investigated were: pay, autonomy, task requirements, organizational policies, interaction and professional status. Demographic data was also collected. A rank order of the importance of factors was determined, an Index of Work Satisfaction was computed, and demographic variables relative to findings were examined.

The data showed that values on factors for Registered Nurses in Michigan were similar to values for other studies conducted by the survey instrument authors. Autonomy followed by pay were the factors the subjects felt were most important for their morale. Pay was found to be the factor with which all subjects are currently least satisfied. All subjects were found to be dissatisfied with physician/nurse interaction, task requirements and organizational policies. Significant differences for some factors were found between subjects grouped according to type of agency, position at agency, and level of nursing educational preparation. Some significant differences were also found between these groups on the Index of Work Satisfaction. Community health nurses, administrators and nurses with a Master's Degree in Nursing reported a higher level on this Index.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 51-05, Section: B, page: 2285.

Thesis (PH.D.)--MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, 1990.

School code: 0128.