Professional Values, Job Satisfaction, and Intent to Leave Among Nursing Managers

Abstract

Strong professional values were found to increase job satisfaction and decrease the intent to leave the job and the institution.

Professional Values and Job Satisfaction Levels of Pediatric Nurses and Influencing Factors: A Crosssectional Study

“…Therefore, it is extremely important to enhance professional values among nurses in order to improve and professionalize nursing practices (10). When nurses raise awareness of professional values, they can successfully transfer these values into their professional practices, which eventually results in enhanced patient care and increased job satisfaction (11)(12)(13).…”

“…In this case, physical, mental and social well-being might be impaired in the long-term. Consequently, nurses may experience job dissatisfaction and Burnout syndrome that manifests itself as distraction from their professional responsibilities, intentions to leave the profession, and high turnover rates (12,16). It has been recently revealed that nurses with high levels of job satisfaction report more positive feelings and professional attitudes (14,15,17).…”

“…Therefore, pediatric nurses should raise awareness concerning professional values in order to ensure developed nursing practices, quality nursing care, professionalization, and enhanced job satisfaction. Studies to date have examined mainly nurses working with adult patients and their professional values and job satisfaction (11,12,15).…”

“…It has been widely determined that the perception of professional values and job satisfaction play a great role in the professional careers of nurses. It has also been reported that developing professional values significantly improves the care satisfaction of patients and job satisfaction of nurses, enhances care quality and decreases the intent to leave the profession (11,12). Although recent studies have suggested a correlation among the concepts such as job satisfaction, professional values, and care quality, there is still a need for evidence-based studies to elaborate these correlations.…”

“…This study also was conducted to pave the way for further studies by providing comprehensive data in this field. It is essential for nurses to integrate professional values into their professional practices in order to ensure professionalization and enhanced job satisfaction (11,12). However, professional values of pediatric nurses had not been thoroughly investigated to date.…”