Li J, Lambert V A
Tongji Medical School, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan, China.
Int Nurs Rev. 2008 Mar;55(1):34-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-7657.2007.00573.x.
Prior research has suggested that job satisfaction is a major concern for both nurses and healthcare administrators. A variety of workplace stressors, coping strategies and demographic characteristics have been found to contribute both positively and negatively to job satisfaction. However, most of this research has been conducted in Western culture countries, leaving one to wonder if the findings are relevant in China, particularly in regard to intensive care nurses.
Therefore, the purpose of this descriptive study was to determine, in intensive care nurses from the People's Republic of China, which combination of workplace stressors, coping strategies and demographic characteristics was the best predictor of job satisfaction.
To address these purposes, four self-report questionnaires were administered to a convenience sample of 102 intensive care nurses from four teaching hospitals located in two cities in central China.
The best predictors of job satisfaction were workload, years of experience in nursing, uncertainty about patients' treatment, behavioural disengagement and positive reframing.
The findings provide information about what factors need to be considered and addressed in the workplace to facilitate job satisfaction among Chinese intensive care nurses.
先前的研究表明，工作满意度是护士和医疗保健管理人员共同关注的主要问题。已发现各种工作场所压力源、应对策略和人口统计学特征对工作满意度产生了积极和消极的影响。然而，大多数此类研究是在西方文化国家进行的，这让人不禁思考这些研究结果在中国是否适用，尤其是对于重症监护护士而言。
因此，本描述性研究的目的是确定在中国的重症监护护士中，工作场所压力源、应对策略和人口统计学特征的哪些组合是工作满意度的最佳预测指标。
为实现这些目的，对来自中国中部两个城市的四家教学医院的102名重症监护护士的便利样本进行了四项自我报告问卷调查。
工作满意度的最佳预测指标是工作量、护理工作年限、患者治疗的不确定性、行为脱离和积极重新构建。
研究结果提供了有关在工作场所需要考虑和解决哪些因素以促进中国重症监护护士工作满意度的信息。
