The Relationship between Patient Care Management and Nurse Job Satisfaction in a Regional Hospital

Abstract

The hospital’s demand to increase nurse job satisfaction is influenced by various factors including theimplementation of good patient care management. In nursing professional development, job satisfactionprovides guidelines for various hospital services. This study aims to determine the relationship between patientcare management and nurse job satisfaction. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 303 nurses workingin a regional Hospital in Indonesia. The demographic data were collected using the patient care managementquestionnaire on the Main Duties and Functions of the case manager for the Hospital Accreditation Commissionwhile information on job satisfaction was assessed through the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire, then theanalysis was carried out with the Chi-Square Test. The bivariate test showed that patient care management hasa p-value of 0.004. There was a relationship between patient care management and job satisfaction. Based on theresults, nurses need to understand patient care management from the case manager’s perspective to increasetheir job satisfaction.