FACTORS AFFECTING NURSES' JOB SATISFACTION IN MEDICAL SURGICAL NURSING CARE IN TURKEY: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

BackgroundUK general practitioners (GPs) are leaving direct patient care in significant numbers. We undertook a systematic review of qualitative research to identify factors affecting GPs’ leaving behaviour in the workforce as part of a wider mixed methods study (ReGROUP).ObjectiveTo identify factors that affect GPs’ decisions to leave direct patient care.MethodsQualitative interview-based studies were identified and their quality was assessed. A thematic analysis was performed and an explanatory model was constructed providing an overview of factors affecting UK GPs. Non-UK studies were considered separately.ResultsSix UK interview-based studies and one Australian interview-based study were identified. Three central dynamics that are key to understanding UK GP leaving behaviour were identified: factors associated with low job satisfaction, high job satisfaction and those linked to the doctor–patient relationship. The importance of contextual influence on job satisfaction emerged. GPs with high job satisfaction described feeling supported by good practice relationships, while GPs with poor job satisfaction described feeling overworked and unsupported with negatively impacted doctor–patient relationships.ConclusionsMany GPs report that job satisfaction directly relates to the quality of the doctor–patient relationship. Combined with changing relationships with patients and interfaces with secondary care, and the gradual sense of loss of autonomy within the workplace, many GPs report a reduction in job satisfaction. Once job satisfaction has become negatively impacted, the combined pressure of increased patient demand and workload, together with other stress factors, has left many feeling unsupported and vulnerable to burn-out and ill health, and ultimately to the decision to leave general practice.

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Job satisfaction and the factors affecting satisfaction in nurse educators: A systematic review

Journal of Professional Nursing ◽

10.1016/j.profnurs.2018.07.004 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 34 (5) ◽

pp. 389-399 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Mahdieh Arian ◽

Mohsen Soleimani ◽

Mohammad Bagher Oghazian

Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

Job Satisfaction ◽

Nurse Educators ◽

Factors Affecting

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Work Environment, Spiritual, and Motivational Factors Affecting Job Satisfaction among Hospital Nurses: A Systematic Review

Jurnal NERS ◽

10.20473/jn.v14i3.17107 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 14 (3) ◽

pp. 227

Author(s):

Ida Yanriatuti ◽

Tan Nina Fibriola ◽

Kornelis Nama Beni ◽

Fitriyanti Patarru'

Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

Job Satisfaction ◽

Work Environment ◽

Care Service ◽

Health Care Service ◽

Nurse Retention ◽

Hospital Nurses ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

The Relationship

Introduction: Patient services at the hospital cannot be separated from the role of the nurse. Therefore, nurses must work professionally to provide better nursing care. There are several factors that can affect the performance of the nurses, one of which is job satisfaction. The purpose of a systematic review is to understand the factors that influence the job satisfaction of nurses in hospitals.Methods: For a systematic review, the search was focused on the PubMed, Science Direct and Scopus database literature with the keywords ‘job satisfaction’ and ‘nurses’. The search identified 15 relevant research articles from the 10,530 original articles that were full texts published between 2015 and 2018.Results: The results showed that the job satisfaction of the nurses was influenced by their leadership, work environment, career path, the relationship with their co-workers, salary, the relationship between the organizations, appreciation, communication, opportunity, organizational commitment, work schedule, work stress, empowerment and work rotation. The results also indicated that high job satisfaction leads to lowering nurse retention and burnout, in addition to an improved quality of patient care.Conclusion: The nurse’s job satisfaction needs to get serious attention from hospital management because it plays an important role in improving the health care service quality in the hospital.

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