Introduction: Retention of nurses in any health care facilities is essential for maintaining quality nursing care. Nurses’ job satisfaction is an important issue to retain nurse in same organization. The study aimed to assess factors influencing job retention and satisfaction among nurses. Methods: The descriptive cross-sectional study was done among 125 nurses working in Manipal Teaching Hospital. Purposive sampling technique was used to select the sample. The semi structured self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data. The collected data was analysed by using descriptive and inferential statistic. Results: Majority (90.4%) of nurses were in age group 21 to 39 years, 78.4% of nurses wanted to continue their job in current organization. All the nurses agreed on timely payment of salary followed by good working relationship with colleagues (93.6%), feeling proud to tell name of organization (89.6%), adequate supplies and equipment (83.2%), safe working environment (80.6%), opportunity to develop many job skill (81.6%), supportive matron (75.2%), the financial incentives such as bonus and allowance (67.2%), higher salary compared to similar organization (64.8%) are important factors to motivate nurses to retain in current organization. Only half of the nurses (50.4%) were satisfied with their job. The significant correlation was seen between factors influencing job retention and their satisfaction level. Conclusion: The study concluded that timely payment of salary, image of organization, safe working environment and adequate equipment and supplies are important factors to retain in this organization.
Background: Pain is the most common problem found in postoperative patients. Even with improved and advanced surgical techniques, people still feel some pain and discomfort after surgery. Methods: The descriptive study was carried out to assess pain experience and nursing approaches to pain control among 111 post- operative patients at surgical ward of Manipal Teaching Hospital, Pokhara. The data was collected in the month of May to July, 2019. Wong Baker Pain rating scale and structured questionnaire were used to collect data. The collected data was analysed by using descriptive and inferential statistic. Results: Almost all the patients experienced pain after surgery, the most common site of pain was at surgical incision. Majority (90.1%) of them felt more pain while changing position. Conversely, 88.3% of patients reported least pain during rest. While 55% of them had reported moderate level of pain. Mean severity of pain experienced by patients was 4.8±2.4. Regarding nursing approaches, 82% of patients told that nurse had frequently asked whether they had pain, 80.2% of them reported that the nurse administered pain killer drugs when they required. However, none of them told non-pharmacological methods such as massage, listening music, imagination to distraction of pain were performed. The significant association was seen in level of pain with post-operative day. Conclusions: The findings of study indicate that the majority of patients experienced pain in the first day of surgery, and it is clear that effective pain management is essential in early day of operation.
Background: Pain is the most common problem found in postoperative patients. Even with improved and advanced surgical techniques, people still feel some pain and discomfort after surgery. Methods: The descriptive study was carried out to assess pain experience and nursing approaches to pain control among 111 post- operative patients at surgical ward of Manipal Teaching Hospital, Pokhara. The data was collected in the month of May to July, 2019. Wong Baker Pain rating scale and structured questionnaire were used to collect data. The collected data was analysed by using descriptive and inferential statistic. Results: Almost all the patients experienced pain after surgery, the most common site of pain was at surgical incision. Majority (90.1%) of them felt more pain while changing position. Conversely, 88.3% of patients reported least pain during rest. While 55% of them had reported moderate level of pain. Mean severity of pain experienced by patients was 4.8±2.4. Regarding nursing approaches, 82% of patients told that nurse had frequently asked whether they had pain, 80.2% of them reported that the nurse administered pain killer drugs when they required. However, none of them told non-pharmacological methods such as massage, listening music, imagination to distraction of pain were performed. The significant association was seen in level of pain with post-operative day. Conclusions: The findings of study indicate that the majority of patients experienced pain in the first day of surgery, and it is clear that effective pain management is essential in early day of operation.
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