Abstract
Background: Job satisfaction is a major factor in nurse retention and the delivery of high quality care. Hence, aim of this study was to find out the factors affecting job satisfaction among nurses working in the teaching hospital, Chitwan.
 Methods: A descriptive, cross-sectional research design was used and a total 135 nurses who were working for at least 3 months in the Chitwan Medical Teaching Hospital were taken as study sample. Simple random sampling technique was used to select the desired sample. Pre-tested structured self-administered questionniare with job satisfaction scale consisting eight domains was used to collect the data. Obtained data were entered into SPSS version 20.0 for window and analyzed using descriptive statistics and inferential statistics (chi-square test).
 Results: The findings of the study revealed that more than half (57.85%) of the nurses were satisfied with their job. Nurses’ job satisfaction was higher on organization and administration policies (4.18±0.04) and least on salary and benefits (3.01±0.19) they were receiving from the institution. The significance influencing factors of job satisfaction were professional qualification (p=0.04), total work experience in nursing (p=0.004), working ward/unit (p=0.014), designation (p=0.007), number of patient assigned in general ward (p=<0.001) and leadership style in the ward (p=<0.001).
 Conclusions: Considerable percentage of nurses are not satisfied with their job. Hence hospital management and professional associations need to address the identified factors to enhance the job satisfaction among nurses working in a teaching hospital.
Highlights
Health care professionals are the backbone of the health care delivery system
In the context of Nepal, two studies conducted in Kathmandu among nurses revealed that 80.6% 7 and 54.2% 8of the nurses were satisfied with their job respectively
Nepal entitled “Job satisfaction among nurses in a hospital”, in which the job satisfaction among the nurses was 80.6%.7The calculation was done by using Cochran’s formula. no=z2pq/d2(Cochran,1977) Where, p= prevalence of previous study, 80.6% i.e. 0.806 q=1-p, q=1-0.806=0.19 d=permissible error set at +/- 5% or 0.05 z=confidence level set at 95% which is 1.96 no=z2pq/d2 = (1.96)2(0.806) (0.194)/ (0.05)[2]
Summary
Nurses represent nearly 50% of the entire global health workforce. They provide care and treatment to individual, work with families and communities and play vital role in infection prevention and control.[1]. Nurses are the front line care providers in health care system Their satisfaction toward job plays vital role for quality care, patient safety, productivity and performance, retention and turnover in the work place as well as professional and organizational commitment.[2] Nurses’ job dissatisfaction can create negative issues at the unit and organizational levels including poor patient outcomes, increased safety concerns, financial strains, and increased poor nurse morale.[3]. Job satisfaction is a major factor in nurse retention and the delivery of high quality care. Aim of this study was to find out the factors affecting job satisfaction among nurses working in the teaching hospital, Chitwan
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