Factors affecting the job satisfaction of nurses working in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

dc.authoridyilmaz kurt, fatma/0000-0001-9647-6764
dc.contributor.authorAytekin, Aynur
dc.contributor.authorKurt, Fatma Yilmaz
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-27T21:21:16Z
dc.date.available2025-01-27T21:21:16Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.departmentÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractObjective: The study was carried out as a descriptive study in order to investigate the factors affecting the job satisfaction of nurses working in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) between March 1 and May 30, 2012. Methods: The study was conducted in the neonatal intensive care units of two state hospitals located in the Black Sea Region of Turkey. The study population consisted of 96 nurses, working in the neonatal intensive care units of two state hospitals located in the Black Sea Region of Turkey. It was planned to work with the whole study population, without performing any sampling. However, 10 nurses were excluded from the study, because of they were on leave. Besides, some nurses were unwilling to participate in the study. The study was performed with 86 nurses. The data were collected by face-to-face interview method using Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire and Personal Information Form, which was created by researchers in the light of the literature to reveal the demographic and professional characteristics of nurses. The study data were evaluated in SPSS 17.0 software. Numerical, and Cronbach's alpha coefficients were calculated, andMann-Whitney U, Kruskal-Wallis, and independent samples t-tests were used. Results: Nurses' mean score of the intrinsic satisfaction was 3.47+/-0.43, the extrinsic satisfaction mean score was 3.08+/-0.66 and the total mean score of job satisfaction was 3.32+/-0.49. Conclusion: In this study, it was determined that the nurses have moderate intrinsic, extrinsic and total job satisfaction. It was also shown that the educational level, total work year and professional position of NICU nurses and, the relationships with colleagues and managers of them have a significant effect on job satisfaction.
dc.identifier.doi10.5222/buchd.2014.051
dc.identifier.endpage58
dc.identifier.issn2146-2372
dc.identifier.issn1309-9566
dc.identifier.issue1
dc.identifier.startpage51
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.5222/buchd.2014.051
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/28873
dc.identifier.volume4
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000420511300009
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/A
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.language.isotr
dc.publisherDr Behcet Uz Cocuk Hastaliklari Ve Cerrahisi
dc.relation.ispartofIzmir Dr Behcet Uz Cocuk Hastanesi Dergisi
dc.relation.publicationcategoryinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20250125
dc.subjectNeonatal intensive care unit
dc.subjectnursing
dc.subjectjob satisfaction
dc.subjectaffecting factors
dc.titleFactors affecting the job satisfaction of nurses working in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
dc.typeArticle

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