FACTORS INFLUENCING THE JOB SATISFACTION AMONG NURSES AND MIDWIVES WORKING IN THE PUBLIC HOSPITALS IN QUANG TRI PROVINCE

2017 ◽  
pp. 135-141
Author(s):  
Lam Chi Ha ◽  
Van Thang Vo ◽  
Thi Hue Man Vo

Introduction: Caring service provided by nurses was one of the main factor of medical service system of Viet Nam. During recent years, nurses and midwives service had made significant progress in improving the quality of health caring service. However, jobs of nurses and midwives in Vietnam were still facing some problems and challenges: lack of both quality and quantity, discrepant structure. This study aimed to evaluate the human resource situation as well as the satisfaction level of nurse and midwife staff in state –run local hospitals, which would be the foundation for the plan of developing nurse and midwife system in order to satisfy the healthcare need of the patients. Objectives: To investigate the satisfaction rate and satisfaction involved factors with particular jobs of nurses and midwives at treatment systems in the public hospitals in Quang Tri province in year 2015. Data was collected using self-administrative questionnaires and entered and analysed by the statistical software of SPSS Version 20.0. Methodology: A cross sectional study was carried out in Dec. 2015 on a total of 433 nurses, midwives working at clinical departments of 12 governmental hospitals in Quang Tri province. Results: General job satisfaction rate with the particular jobs was 52.9%. Factors involving satisfaction of nurses, midwives with their jobs included: working position, hospital level of care, clinical departments, and monthly income getting from hospital (p<0.05). Conclusions: It was highly necessary to improve working conditions and environment, and income, to ensure treatment regimens and policies, to make further training and higher working position feasible, to heighten role and responsibility on working and to develop hospital in order to raise the satisfaction rate of nurses and midwives, and hence to enhance the quality of patient care in hospitals. Key words: Nurses, midwives, satisfaction, quality of care

Author(s):  
Yaya Coulibaly ◽  
Fanta Sangho ◽  
Aboubacar Alassane Oumar

Objective: The drug policy of Mali is based on the concept of essential generic drugs. The adoption of generic drugs in a program is often accompanied by irrational use of these drugs precisely because of the availability of these drugs. Thus, this study was initiated to assess the quality of prescribing and dispensing drugs in Mali. Methods: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted from 2004 to 2013, the survey was conducted in 20 primary health centers and 20 private pharmacies in three regions of the country. In each of these structures, 30 prescriptions filled at the time of the survey were collected. Results: The average number of drugs per prescription was 3.0 ± 1.3 and 2.4 ± 1.2, respectively, in the public and private sectors. Prescription of drugs under international name was 91.6% in the public sector and 37.2% in the private sector. The public sector prescribed 33.7% of injectable drug against 16.2% in the private sector (p <0.001). The average cost of a prescription was lower in the public sector (3415.3 FCFA or 5.21euros) than in the private sector (7111 FCFA or 10.85 euros).Conclusion: Generic drugs are commonly used in the public, but much less in the private sector. The treatment guidelines are already available, should be introduced interactively to medical practitioners, through visits and intensive supervision by more experienced managers in the hierarchy, it would be likely to improve the quality of prescribing practitioners.


2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Balkew Asegidew Tegegn ◽  
Betregiorgis Zegeye Hailu ◽  
Birhanu Damtew Tsegaye ◽  
Gashaw Garedew Woldeamanuel ◽  
Wassie Negash

BACKGROUND: Inappropriate Tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis and treatment contributes to unfavorable health outcome among TB patients. Improving quality of healthcare service helps to avert TB related morbidity. Despite these facts, the level of quality of service is not known in the hospitals. Hence, the present study was conducted to assess the quality of care delivered to TB patients among publichospitals.METHODS: A facility-based cross-sectional study was conducted from March 15 to April 30, 2019 in North Shewa Zone, Amhara region, Ethiopia. All TB patients who had follow-up in the hospitals were included. This resulted in the involvement of 82 TB patients. Data was collected by trained data collectors using facility audit, clinical observation checklists, structured questionnaire and in-depth interview. Data was analyzed using SPSS version 20. Binary logistic regression analysis was done to identify the predictors of patients’ satisfaction.RESULTS: In this study, 82 respondents with a mean age of 36.48 (±13.27) years were participated. The mean quality score for structural dimension was 59.5%, and 53.7% of participants were found to be satisfied in outcome dimension. The mean score for process dimension of quality of service were 67.9%. Having TB symptoms were significantly associated with the level of patientsatisfaction towards TB care [AOR = 0.217, p = 0.015].CONCLUSION:Quality of TB services from structural and outcome dimension were low and higher in process dimension. Thus, careful attention on the quality of services will help to reduce the burden of TB.


2017 ◽  
Vol 51 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Juliana da Costa Fernandes ◽  
Luciana Fernandes Portela ◽  
Rosane Härter Griep ◽  
Lúcia Rotenberg

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To assess the association between weekly working hours and self-rated health of nurses in public hospitals in Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. METHODS A total of 3,229 nurses (82.7% of the eligible group) participated in this cross-sectional study, carried out between April 2010 and December 2011. The collection instrument consisted of a self-administered multidimensional questionnaire. The weekly working hours were calculated from a recall of the daily hours worked over seven consecutive days; this variable was categorized according to tertiles of distribution for men and women. The outcome of interest, self-rated health, was categorized into three levels: good (very good and good), regular, and poor (poor and very poor). The statistical analysis of the data included bivariate and multivariate analyses, having as reference group those with short working hours (first tertile). All the analyses were stratified by gender and elaborated using the program SPSS. RESULTS Among women, the group corresponding to the longest working week (more than 60.5 hours per week) were more likely to report regular self-rated health, compared with those with shorter working hours, after adjusting for confounding factors (OR = 1.30; 95%CI 1.02–1.67). Among men, those with average working hours (49.5–70.5 hours per week) were more than twice as likely to rate their health as regular (OR = 2.17; 95%CI 1.08–4.35) compared to those with shorter working hours (up to 49.5 hours). There was no significant association between long working hours and poor self-rated health. CONCLUSIONS The results point to the urgent need to promote interventions in the organization of work and appreciation of the nursing profession, in order to reduce the number of multiple jobs and thus contribute to mitigate potential effects on the health of workers and the quality of care in hospitals.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
PRISCILLAH wanini EDEMBA ◽  
Grace Irimu ◽  
RACHEL MUSOKE

Abstract Background: Many studies show that working mothers are unable to exclusively breastfeed successfully. Expression and storage of breastmilk is a strategy that ensures continued breastmilk consumption in the event of temporary separation of an infant from the mother. The 2017 Kenyan Health Act mandates employers to provide lactation rooms with guidance for appropriate utilization.Methodology: The study objective was to assess knowledge attitude and practice of breastmilk expression and storage among working women with infants below six months of age in Public Well Baby Clinics. This was a cross sectional study among 395 working women attending two large public hospitals in Nairobi Kenya. A structured questionnaire with open and closed ended questions was used to establish the knowledge and practice while a Likert scale was used to explore attitudes of the mothers towards expression and storage of breast milk. Results: Only 161(41%) were expressing breast milk. Those with tertiary education and those working in the public sector had significantly higher odds of having satisfactory knowledge OR4.47(95%CI 2.01-11.07) and OR2.26(95%CI 1.33-3.85) respectively. Attaining tertiary education was significantly associated with a possibility of expressing and storing breastmilk OR3.6(95% CI 1.81-7.95). The workplace did not provide adequate equipment to facilitate breastmilk expression. Challenges experienced were breast pain and cumbersome nature of expressing milk.Conclusion: The study revealed knowledge gaps in expression and storage of breastmilk that need to be addressed to enable the mothers fully utilize the lactation rooms when they become available at the workplace.


2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 43
Author(s):  
Nova Fitria ◽  
Zahroh Shaluhiyah

ABSTRAKDengan adanya kesetaraan peran rumah sakit pemerintah dan rumah sakit swasta dalam meningkatkan kualitas layanan kesehatan di Indonesia, maka setiap rumah sakit harus memberikan pelayanan yang baik dan berkualitas. Perawat merupakan bagian dari SDM Rumah Sakit yang memberikan pengaruh cukup besar terhadap kualitas pelayanan. Pelaksanaan asuhan keperawatan yang baik tidak dapat dipisahkan dari peran komunikasi terapeutik yang dilakukan oleh perawat yang juga merupakan salah satu upaya peningkatan pelayanan kepada pasien. Jenis penelitian ini adalah penelitian kuantitatif dengan desain penelitian menggunakan cross-sectional. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan ada perbedaan yang signifikan pada pelaksanaan komunikasi terapeutik perawat di RS Pemerintah dan di RS Swasta, dimana pelaksanaan komunikasi terapeutik perawat di RS swasta lebih baik. Faktor-faktor yang berhubungan secara signifikan dengan pelaksanaan komunikasi terapeutik perawat di RS Pemerintah dan di RS Swasta adalah sama, yaitu variabel kepuasan kerja, motivasi kerja, iklim kerja, dukungan teman kerja dan dukungan kepala ruang. Faktor yang paling dominan berpengaruh terhadap kepatuhan perawat di RS Pemerintah dalam melaksanakan komunikasi terapeutik adalah motivasi kerja (OR 36,866); sedangkan di RS Swasta adalah dukungan kepala ruang (OR 28,598). Perbedaan yang bermakna antara RS Pemerintah dengan RS Swasta nampak pada variabel: umur, masa kerja, sikap, kepuasan kerja, motivasi kerja, iklim kerja, dukungan teman kerja, dukungan kepala ruang, dan pelaksanaan komunikasi terapeutik itu sendiri. Kata Kunci: Pelaksanaan, Komunikasi Terapeutik, RS Pemerintah-RS Swasta Differences Therapeutic Communication Nurse In Inpatient Room Government Hospital And Private Hospital;quality role of government hospitals and private hospitals in improving the quality of health services in Indonesia, causing every hospital should provide a good service and quality. Nurses are part of hospital human resource that considerable influence on the quality of service, and the implementation of good nursing care can not be separated from therapeutic communication. the optimal implementation of therapeutic communication by nurse is one of the efforts to improve services to the patients. The type of this research was quantitative with cross-sectional study. The results showed a significant differences in the implementation of nurses therapeutic communication between public hospitals and private hospitals, where the implementation of nurses therapeutic communication in private hospital are better. Associated factors significantly with the implementation of nurses therapeutic communication in public hospitals and in private hospitals are the same, the variables are job satisfaction, work motivation, work climate, coworkers support and head of ward support. The most dominant factor that affects the compliance of nurses in government hospitals in implementing therapeutic communication is work motivation (OR 36.866), while in private hospitals is head of ward support (OR 28.598). Significant differences between the government hospitals and private hospitals appears on variables: age, period of work, attitude, job satisfaction, work motivation, work climate, coworker support, head of ward support, and the implementation of therapeutic communication itself. Keywords: Implementation, Therapeutic Communication, Government-Private Hospital


BMJ Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. e024296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Izabella Uchmanowicz ◽  
Stanisław Manulik ◽  
Katarzyna Lomper ◽  
Anna Rozensztrauch ◽  
Agnieszka Zborowska ◽  
...  

ObjectivesTo assess life satisfaction, job satisfaction, life orientation and the level of professional burnout in a group of professionally active nurses and midwives.DesignA cross-sectional study.SettingThis study was conducted between March and October of 2017 during specialisation training at the European Centre for Postgraduate Education in Wroclaw, Poland.ParticipantsA group of 350 professionally active nurses (n=293) and midwives (n=57) were enrolled in the study.Outcome measuresAssociations between burnout and selected life-related and job-related outcomes using (1) the Satisfaction With Job Scale, (2) the Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS), (3) the Life Orientation Test-Revised, (4) the Maslach Burnout Inventory and the Authors’ Designed Questionnaire regarding sociodemographic factors. The level of statistical significance was set at p≤0.05 (with a CI of 95%).ResultsThe vast majority of participants were those in the ages of 41–50 years old (40.57%), women (96.86%) and people with bachelor’s degree (46.29%). The average overall rate for occupational burnout was 34.67 per 100 points. Assessment of occupational burnout subscale showed that the most significant factor was emotional exhaustion at 39.14 points (SD=28.15). Job satisfaction, life satisfaction and life orientation assessed with SWLS significantly affects each of the occupational burnout subscales (p<0.05).ConclusionsThe level of occupational burnout in nurses and midwives appeared to be low. It has been revealed that such determinants as life satisfaction, job satisfaction and life orientation do not allow for developing an occupational burnout.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mulugeta Degefa Tola ◽  
Yibeltal Siaraneh Beleta ◽  
Fikru Tafese Jaleta

Abstract Background: Professionals are defined in the context of a particular body of knowledge which is obtained through formal education, expanded level of skills, type of certification proving their entry into the profession; a set of behavioral norms called professionalism and attitudes representing high levels of commitment to and identification with a specific profession. Several factor affecting the development of the nursing profession. Recognizing and determining such factors can be the first step to move towards the professionalization of nursing. The objective of this study was to assess professionalism in nursing and factors associated among nurses working in Arsi zone, Public Hospitals, Oromia, Ethiopia 2018. Methods: This study used an Institutional based cross sectional study design. Self-administered structured questionnaire adapted from RNAO (Registered Nurses association of Ontario) guideline, was used to measure the level of professionalism. The sample was 420 nurses from the six Public Hospitals of Arsi Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia. Data was analyzed using SPSS 20.0. Both bivariate and multivariate analysis were carried out to identify associations. Odds ratio was calculated for related factors with 95% confidence interval (CI). A p-value < 0.05 was considered to be statistically significant. Result: Out of 420 Nurses working in six public Hospitals, 380 responded to the questionnaire, making the response rate of 90.5%. In current study level of professionalism was high among nurses (n=380) with highest percentages on accountability, advocacy, and ethics. Gender (AOR =2.489, 95% CI=1.540-4.023), nursing is indispensable (AOR=1.760, 95% CI=1.104-2.806), job satisfaction (AOR= 1.844, 95% CI = 1.143-2.975) and having up to dated training (AOR= 1.809, 95%CI=1.071-3.055 were significantly associated with overall professionalism level. Conclusion: Nurses working in public hospitals of Arsi zone have relatively had better professionalism level. Gender, nursing is indispensable, job satisfaction, presence of up-to-dated trainings were found significantly associated with professionalism in nursing. Human resource personnel and CEOs of respective hospitals should develop various training programs for nurses and provide encouraging environments for obtaining better qualities in attributes of professionalism. Keywords Attributes of professionalism, Nursing, Professionalism, associated factors


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eunice Wambui Ndirangu ◽  
Ahmed Sarki ◽  
Columba Mbekenga ◽  
Grace Edwards

Abstract Background: Evidence suggests that there is a negative image of nursing and midwifery that does not promote nursing and midwifery as attractive career options. Furthermore, there is a paucity of studies documenting how nursing and midwifery is perceived in East Africa, and where such studies exist they are country-specific. The aim of this study was to explore views regarding the image of nursing and midwifery among nurses and midwives in three East African countries, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.Methods: An exploratory descriptive cross-sectional study administered online using Survey Monkey Questionnaires assessed the views and perceptions of nurses, midwives and doctors regarding the image of nursing and midwifery professions. Descriptive statistics and Pearson’s Chi square tests were used to analyse the data. All analyses were performed using SPSS version 24.Results: A total of 551 participants took part in the study. The majority were females (61.8%), registered nurses/midwives (45.8%), and aged 30-39 years (34.2%). The majority of the respondents were from Kenya (39.7%) and Uganda (32.9%). About two-thirds of the nurses and midwives in this study perceived nursing/midwifery as both trusted and respected professions and expressed having a level of control over how their image was portrayed. Conversely, the nurses and midwives were conscious that the public had mixed responses about the nursing/midwifery professions specifically, some members of the public described nurses/midwives as professionals, knowledgeable and caring, others perceived nurses/midwives to be rude, cruel, unkind, lazy, unkempt, and maids.Conclusion: This study offers an interesting insight about the image of nursing/midwifery in East Africa. Findings from this study will inform policy makers and educators about key concepts that affect the image of nursing and midwifery in East Africa. The findings will be used to design marketing materials to help improve the image of nursing and midwifery in the region and other African countries.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kadam Sanjay Ramrao ◽  
Srinivasan Kannan

Abstract Background:Maharashtra State Quality Assurance Program was evolved and pilot project was launched in 2006-07. In 2011 as Phase three it was launched in Beed district.Objectives:Objectives of the present study are to assess client’s perception on quality and satisfaction of healthcare at PHCs and their correlates and job satisfaction among health personnel.Methods:Cross sectional study was conducted among randomly selected 20 PHCs from Beed district.Data collected from 400 new clients of outpatient department of PHCs. From clients, demographics, socioeconomic status, perception on quality of outpatient care and their satisfaction were collected using structured questionnaire. From the health personnel data on socio-demographic details, and job satisfaction were collected. Univariate, bivariate, and multivariate analyses were performed.Results:In total 50 % of clients perceived better quality and 53% of them were satisfied with the services of PHCs. The factors found to be significantly associated with perception of better quality of services and client satisfaction were sex, education, occupation, perception on provider’s attitude, examination time and opted due to financial reasons. About 57% health personnel satisfied with job. All dissatisfied were medical officers.Conclusion:The study found only around half of them is satisfied with services. Findings suggest infrastructure and drug alone will not improve the satisfaction, but the state need to improve the human aspects of services with more interaction and thorough examination of the clients. To improve services working conditions will have to be improved for health personnel.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
gebeyaw biset ◽  
Ketema Bizuwork ◽  
Teshome Habte ◽  
Mengesha Birkie ◽  
Abay Woday

Abstract Background: The neonatal period is the most vulnerable time for child morbidity and mortality. Asphyxia due to poor resuscitation techniques contributed significantly to this vulnerability. Therefore, this study is aimed to assess the extent of knowledge and practice towards neonatal resuscitation among nurses and midwives in public hospitals of south Wollo northeast Ethiopia. Method: Institutional based cross-sectional study design was employed among 143 study participants selected by a simple random sampling method from each hospital. Self-administered questionnaire and interview-based guide were used to collect data. Data were coded and entered into EPI data software version 3.1 and was exported into SPSS version 20 for analysis. Logistic regression with backward LR method was performed to see the possible associations of factors with the outcome variables. Finally, p-values of less than 0.05 in multivariate analysis were declared having a significant association with the outcome variable. Result: One hundred and forty-three participants were included with a response rate of 100%. Only 32.9% and 24.5% of the participants had good knowledge and practice toward neonatal resuscitation respectively. After adjustment was made for covariates; lack of training (AOR: 3.44, 95% CI:1.54-7.68), absence of guideline (AOR: 3.8, 95% CI: 1.68-8.58) and lack of supportive supervision (AOR: 2.49, 95% CI:1.1-5.6) were significantly associated with poor knowledge score, whereas absence of guidelines (AOR: 2.83, 95% CI:1.12-7.15) and lack of supportive supervision (AOR: 5.28, 95% CI: 1.86-14.96) were significantly associated with the poor practice of the participants. Specialization with neonatology (AOR: 0.19, 95% CI: 0.047-0.8) was associated with good practice level of neonatal resuscitation. Conclusion: Knowledge and practice of nurses and midwives toward neonatal resuscitation were suboptimal. The training was found to be a single predictor for knowledge while supportive supervision and availability of resuscitation guidelines were predictors for both knowledge and practice toward neonatal resuscitation. Therefore, regular training and supportive supervision need to be strengthened to fill the identified gaps. Other observational and qualitative studies are recommended to explore factors that contributed to poor knowledge and practice toward neonatal resuscitation.


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