Job satisfaction and related factors of nurses in university hospitals: Focusing on collaborative competency factors. (1st September 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Majima, Tomoko; Yamamoto, Takeshi; Sakai, Ikuko; Ikezaki, Sumie; Nagasaka, Ikuyo
• Is Part Of: Journal of nursing management. Volume 27:Number 7(2019)
• Page Start: 1409
• Page End: 1415
• Publication Date: 2019-09-01
• Subjects: clinical competence -- information seeking behavior -- interprofessional relations -- job satisfaction -- patient care team; Nursing services -- Administration -- Periodicals; Nursing services -- Business management -- Periodicals; 610.73068
• DOI: 10.1111/jonm.12822
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0966-0429

Abstract

Abstract: Aim: This study aimed to clarify the association between nurses' job satisfaction, interprofessional collaborative competency and other related factors in university hospitals in Japan. Background: Enhancing a team's function in the university hospital setting requires strengthening each professional's competency: high‐level professional competency leads to high job satisfaction. Methods: In 2014, self‐administered questionnaires were sent to all nurses working at two university hospitals in Japan. A multivariate analysis of variance was conducted to evaluate the relationship between job satisfaction as the response variable and interprofessional collaborative competency and other variables as the independent variables. Results: Data from 913 nurses were used in the present analysis (response rate: 60.4%). Two factors from the Chiba Interprofessional Competency Scale 29 (factor 1: attitudes and beliefs as a professional; factor 5: attitudes and behaviours that improve team cohesion) and opportunities for information exchange with other professionals outside the hospital had significant relationships with job satisfaction. Conclusion: Strengthening interprofessional collaborative competency and increasing opportunities for information exchange with professionals outside the hospital would improve nurses' job satisfaction in university hospitals. Implications for nursing management: Interprofessional collaborative competency and opportunities for information exchange with other professionals are worth the attention of nursing administrators.