A Narrative Review of Factors Affecting Job Satisfaction among Nurses in Africa

Ugwa, Emmanuel Ajuluchukwu; Charity, Ugwa

doi:10.20286/hpr-010379

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“…Consistent to this findings, studies conducted in Ethiopia, Nepal and Ugwa in South Africa revealed that 62.67%, 66.5%, and 54.2% of the nurses respectively were satisfied with their current job. 6,8,9 However job satisfaction was found higher (80.6%) among the nurses working in Dhulikhel hospital 7 compared to our study finding. This difference in findings might be due to difference in organizational policies and allowance facilities for staff of these two study settings.…”

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Factors Affecting Job Satisfaction among Nurses Working in Teaching Hospital, Chitwan, Nepal

Poudel

Sharma

2019

J Chitwan Med Coll

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Background: Job satisfaction is a major factor in nurse retention and the delivery of high quality care. Hence, aim of this study was to find out the factors affecting job satisfaction among nurses working in the teaching hospital, Chitwan. Methods: A descriptive, cross-sectional research design was used and a total 135 nurses who were working for at least 3 months in the Chitwan Medical Teaching Hospital were taken as study sample. Simple random sampling technique was used to select the desired sample. Pre-tested structured self-administered questionniare with job satisfaction scale consisting eight domains was used to collect the data. Obtained data were entered into SPSS version 20.0 for window and analyzed using descriptive statistics and inferential statistics (chi-square test). Results: The findings of the study revealed that more than half (57.85%) of the nurses were satisfied with their job. Nurses’ job satisfaction was higher on organization and administration policies (4.18±0.04) and least on salary and benefits (3.01±0.19) they were receiving from the institution. The significance influencing factors of job satisfaction were professional qualification (p=0.04), total work experience in nursing (p=0.004), working ward/unit (p=0.014), designation (p=0.007), number of patient assigned in general ward (p=<0.001) and leadership style in the ward (p=<0.001). Conclusions: Considerable percentage of nurses are not satisfied with their job. Hence hospital management and professional associations need to address the identified factors to enhance the job satisfaction among nurses working in a teaching hospital.

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Factors Affecting Job Satisfaction among Nurses Working in Teaching Hospital, Chitwan, Nepal

Poudel

Sharma

2019

J Chitwan Med Coll

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“…Majority of the respondents (50.8%) had employed as medical officer post, 11.9% had employed as UH & FPO and 16.9%employed as medical officer MoMCH under the department of Family Planning of DGFP (Director General of Family Planning), this was similar with Chaudhury and Banerjee [13]. Majority of the respondents (64.4%) had experience of 0-5years, similar result was found in Ugwa et al [14]. Majority of the respondents (71.2%) were 9 th grade officers and only 5.1% had 5 th grade salary scale.…”

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Job satisfaction of doctors working at Upazila Health Complexes in Barisal District.

Rashid¹,

Islam²,

Ahmed³

et al. 2019

Asian J Biomed Pharmaceut Sci

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Doctor's profession has long been among one of the most attractive professions in our society, but doctors are increasingly getting dissatisfied with their jobs. Job satisfaction is very important but very less studied issue. The aim of this study to assess the level of job satisfaction among doctors at selected Upazila Health Complexes in Barisal District. A descriptive cross sectional study was conducted among 59 doctors posted in 9 Upazila Health Complexes of Barisal district. Data was collected by using structured questionnaire consisting of 54 questions and JSS (Job Satisfaction Survey) scale, where higher values indicated higher level of satisfaction. The average scores of items were computed to construct factor scores for each individual. The total number of doctors included in this study was 59.78% were male. Majority (66.1%) had age ranged 25-35 years. Majority (86.4%) of doctors was married and almost 80% were Muslim. Most of the respondents (64.4%) had clinical experience of 0 to 5 years. The result displayed that 57.6% of doctors were dissatisfied, 27.1% were satisfied and 15.3% were ambivalent. Majority of the respondents were dissatisfied with salary, promotional scope allowances, night duty, working hours, accommodation facility and transport facility. Job satisfaction among doctors in this study was low. Responsible authority should take necessary action to improve job satisfaction.

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“…Factors known to affect skills and knowledge acquisition including motivation and learning environment [ 4 ], team leadership and communication [ 5 ], and use of simulators to enhance skills retention for low-frequency procedures [ 6 ] and others have been explored by various researchers. It has been shown that a strong health workforce leadership is an important factor to ensure motivation and create an enabling learning environment [ 7 – 9 ].…”

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Simulation-based low-dose, high-frequency plus mobile mentoring versus traditional group-based training approaches on day of birth care among maternal and newborn healthcare providers in Ebonyi and Kogi States, Nigeria; a randomized controlled trial

Ugwa¹,

Otolorin²,

Kabue

et al. 2018

BMC Health Serv Res

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BackgroundThere is limited information from low and middle-income countries on learning outcomes, provider satisfaction and cost-effectiveness on the day of birth care among maternal and newborn health workers trained using onsite simulation-based low-dose high frequency (LDHF) plus mentoring approach compared to the commonly employed offsite traditional group-based training (TRAD). The LDHF approach uses in-service learning updates to deliver information based on local needs during short, structured, onsite, interactive learning activities that involve the entire team and are spaced over time to optimize learning. The aim of this study will be to compare the effectiveness and cost of LDHF versus TRAD approaches in improving knowledge and skill in maternal and newborn care and to determine trainees’ satisfaction with the approaches in Ebonyi and Kogi states, Nigeria.MethodsThis will be a prospective cluster randomized control trial. Sixty health facilities will be randomly assigned for day of birth care health providers training through either LDHF plus mobile mentoring (intervention arm) or TRAD (control arm). There will be 150 trainees in each arm. Multiple choices questionnaires (MCQs), objective structured clinical examinations (OSCEs), cost and satisfaction surveys will be administered before and after the trainings. Quantitative data collection will be done at months 0 (baseline), 3 and 12. Qualitative data will also be collected at 12-month from the LDHF arm only. Descriptive and inferential statistics will be used as appropriate. Composite scores will be computed for selected variables to determine areas where service providers have good skills as against areas where their skills are poor and to compare skills and knowledge outcomes between the two groups at 0.05 level of statistical significance.DiscussionThere is some evidence that LDHF, simulation and practice-based training approach plus mobile mentoring results in improved skills and health outcomes and is cost-effective. By comparing intervention and control arms the authors hope to replicate similar results, evaluate the approach in Nigeria and provide evidence to Ministry of Health on how and which training approach, frequency and setting will result in the greatest return on investment.Trial registrationThe trial was retrospectively registered on 24th August, 2017 at ClinicalTrials.Gov: NCT03269240.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (10.1186/s12913-018-3405-2) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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A Narrative Review of Factors Affecting Job Satisfaction among Nurses in Africa

Cited by 10 publications

References 38 publications

Factors Affecting Job Satisfaction among Nurses Working in Teaching Hospital, Chitwan, Nepal

Factors Affecting Job Satisfaction among Nurses Working in Teaching Hospital, Chitwan, Nepal

Job satisfaction of doctors working at Upazila Health Complexes in Barisal District.

Simulation-based low-dose, high-frequency plus mobile mentoring versus traditional group-based training approaches on day of birth care among maternal and newborn healthcare providers in Ebonyi and Kogi States, Nigeria; a randomized controlled trial

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