Factors affecting job satisfaction of nurses working in the ICU and CCU in governmental hospitals in Khartoum state, Sudan

Abstract

Introduction: Job satisfaction is defined as beliefs and emotions individuals have about their job.1.Job satisfaction among nurses promotes effective coronary and intensive care management as well as safe patient care. Objective: to determinethefactors affecting job satisfaction regarding nurses working in intensive care unit (ICU) and coronary care unit (CCU)in governmental hospitals in Khartoum state. Method: Descriptive cross-sectional hospital based study that included 105 nurses working in ICU and CCU as participants. A standardized structured self-administered questionnaire contained of five liked scale (very dissatisfied, .moderate dissatisfied, neither satisfied nor dissatisfied .moderate satisfied, .very satisfied). was used to collect data that consisted of two domains, the first domain contained the demographic variables, including information about the nurses’ age, work area, years of experience nursing degree and type of work. The second domain described factors affecting job satisfaction. Data was analyzed by the computerized method Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20. Result: The job satisfaction level was satisfying in 60% of nurses, around 33% of them were very satisfied with theirjob and 27% were found to be moderately satisfied with their job. The most factors affecting job nurses satisfaction are nurse age very satisfied42(40. 0%) , vacation very satisfied43 (41.3%),%), vacation very satisfied43 (41.3%), nursing work under Stress very satisfied 42(39.6%) and enough payment very satisfied 33 (32.0 %) Those are most factors affecting job satisfaction among nurses working in (ICU&CCU. Conclusion: according to result finding. Participating nurses demonstrated high levels of job dissatisfaction to those factors, work environment, enough payment, opportunists for nursing career development and promotion.. Keywords: job satisfaction :nurses :job satisfaction, nurses ,ICU, CCU