A Study to Assess the Work and Life Satisfaction among Staff Nurses

Abstract

Background: Nursing is a Profession that incorporates the generous practice of the past with the dynamic truth of today’s Health Care Industry. When we speak to Nurses, usually Majority of Nurses expresses saying “I’m thinking why I joined Nursing, I’m not satisfied in the Work I do due to various reasons like Respect, Work Place, Work Stress, Domination, Work Load, Decision Making Ability, many more. This is making my personal life disturbed and feel even my Life is not satisfied. Hence, we conducted this study with an Objective. Objective: To assess the staff nurses Work Satisfaction and Life Satisfaction, working at selected hospitals, Kolar by using Modified Minnesota work satisfaction scale & Life Satisfaction index-A questionnaire and find out the Co-relation between Work and Life Satisfaction among Staff Nurses. Methods: Descriptive Survey Research Design was used to conduct the study. 300 Staff Nurses working at selected Hospitals, Kolar were selected by using Convenient Sampling Technique. By Self-administered questionnaire data was collected using Modified Minnesota Work Satisfaction Scale and Life Satisfaction Index-A questionnaire. Data was analyzed by using Descriptive Statistics. Results: The study findings showed that, there was Positive Correlation (r=0.17) between Work and Life Satisfaction. Conclusion: This showed that Work & Life Satisfaction are interdependent and Staff Nurses who were satisfied at Work area they expressed they had Life Satisfaction. Keywords: Staff Nur