Relationship of young nurses’ job satisfaction and subjective well-being

Abstract

Objective To investigate the correlations between young nurses’ job satisfaction and subjective well-being. Methods We selected 135 young nurses as the samples, used the general well-being scale, MMSS satisfaction scale to do the questionnaire survey and analyzed the correlations between them. Results The overall score of young nurses’ job satisfaction was (2.83±0.42) at the low level. Job satisfaction was positive correlated with subjective well-being (P<0.01). Young nurses’ job satisfaction was positive correlated with subjective well-being (r=0.445, P<0.01). The influencing factors of subjective well-being included four aspects: work had been praised and recognized, the relationship with coworkers, the work of control and chance to participate in decision-making and scheduling satisfaction (R2=0.981, F=1 677.18, P<0.01). Conclusions We should create a nursing career development opportunities for young nurses, and enhance spiritual incentive, managers’ understanding and support, respect and trust, team cooperation, self actualization and so on. Thus we can effectively promote their job satisfaction of nursing, so as to improve the subjective well-being. Key words: Well-being; Job satisfaction; Young nurse; Correlation