Abstract
BackgroundThere is a paucity of evidence regarding the job experience of nurses in Egypt. An unpublished previous pilot study conducted in the Port Said Technical Nursing Institute, which was based on 36 participants, showed that almost half of nurses were satisfied with their job; on the other hand, nurses indicated low salaries and high work-loads as main reasons for dissatisfaction. We explored job satisfaction of nurses working in public health services of the Port Said Governorate to inform future healthcare policy.MethodsA cross-sectional study including nurses from different public health services was conducted. Questionnaires were delivered in a sample of primary health care facilities as well as in the Port Said Governorate public hospital. Following a literature review, eight components were identified as contributors to job satisfaction; two closed questions for each of the eight components and two open questions were devised for a total of 18 questions.ResultsThe final study population consisted of 285 individuals. Almost 40.0% of the participants felt safe in their clinical environment while around 10.0% disagree on this. Almost 70.0% of participants complained about high work-load due to shortage of staff in the respective clinical area. Almost 85.0% of nurses reported that their salary did not cover living cost while only 13.0% indicated earning a fair salary. Almost 60.0% agreed with the fact that they have regular opportunities to develop in their career.ConclusionIncreasing job satisfaction among nurses in Egypt is critical to ensure quality of care for patients. Issues such as salary, staffing and cooperation with colleagues deserve specific attention.
Highlights
There is a paucity of evidence regarding the job experience of nurses in Egypt
In the area of care provided by nurses, job satisfaction has an impact on patient outcome, nurse performance, retention of nursing staff and absenteeism
Sample size Given the total population of nurses in the Port Said Governorate is 1100, and assuming parameters such as a baseline proportion of 50.0% for the outcome of interest, a response rate of 90.0% of those invited to participate in the surveyed population, a power to detect a difference of 90.0%, and an alpha error of 0.05 for the total study sample, our sample size consisted of 295 participants
Summary
There is a paucity of evidence regarding the job experience of nurses in Egypt. An unpublished previous pilot study conducted in the Port Said Technical Nursing Institute, which was based on 36 participants, showed that almost half of nurses were satisfied with their job; on the other hand, nurses indicated low salaries and high work-loads as main reasons for dissatisfaction. We explored job satisfaction of nurses working in public health services of the Port Said Governorate to inform future healthcare policy. In the area of care provided by nurses, job satisfaction has an impact on patient outcome, nurse performance, retention of nursing staff and absenteeism. Nurses are the backbone of primary health and hospital services in Egypt and are in high demand. A 2017 report indicated the presence of 202,542 nurses in Egypt [7]
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