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International Journal of Advance Research in Nursing
2022, Vol. 5, Issue 1, Part D
Level of job satisfaction and its impact on quality of care among male nurses

Sushruta Mohapatra, Priyadarshini Jena, Kantikrishna Mahapatra, Shraddhanjali Sahoo

Background: Men are growing minority in nursing. A deeper understanding of their motivation, career paths and job satisfaction is needed to provide quality care. Patient satisfaction is an integral part of the quality care which is provided by the nurses. Now a day’s nurses are responsible for providing quality care to patients but unfortunately they are not satisfied with their jobs due to some factors like stress, workload, unsafe working environment etc. The job satisfaction and quality of care both are correlated with each other.
Objectives: The main objective of the study was to assess the level of job satisfaction and its impact of quality care among male nurses.
Methods: Qualitative approach with descriptive survey research design was adopted. Total 133 male nurses were selected for the study using non probability convenient sampling technique. After the participant selection, according to inclusion criteria self-questionnaire is administered. The study subjects took an average of 15 minute of complete the survey tool and the data was recorded and analysis. The tools used to collect the data were as follows: (1) Demographic questionnaire, (2) Misener Nurse Practitioner Job Satisfaction Scale and (3) Self-structured questionnaire quality of care questionnaire. Baseline assessment was done on the 1st day of visit after explaining the objects of the study and it was done by questionnaire method. The data were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics.
Result: According to job satisfaction, 72.2% male nurses were highly satisfied and 2.3% were mildly satisfied with their job. According to quality of care, 95.5% were giving high quality of care and 4.5% were giving medium quality of care. There was a weak positive co-relation found between the level of job satisfaction and quality of care which was evidenced by r= 0.014, p= 0.872.
Conclusion: Thus, the male nurses who were highly satisfied with their job were giving high quality of care to the patient.
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How to cite this article:
Sushruta Mohapatra, Priyadarshini Jena, Kantikrishna Mahapatra, Shraddhanjali Sahoo. Level of job satisfaction and its impact on quality of care among male nurses. Int J Adv Res Nurs 2022;5(1):230-232. DOI: 10.33545/nursing.2022.v5.i1.D.254
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