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HOLY A}.IGEL I,]NTVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOT OF NT]RSING

First Trimester School Year 2014- 2015

IoB sATrsFAClfON Ar\{ONG COMMTJNITY HEATTH NT.]RSES IN THE tOCAt GOTTERNMENT

T]NIT OF CTTY OF SAT.I FERNAT.IDO

A

sPECrAr PROIECT

Presentedto the Graduate Sclrool Holy Angd Uninenity

In Partial tblfilment

Of the ReErirements for the Degfee Master of Science in Nursing Maior in Nursing Adninistration

By:

MIKO ROIAS PIEDRA, RN

Health Nurces

IIOLY ANGEL T'NIVERSITY

JOB

SATISFACTION AMONG COMMUNITY HEALTH

NTTRSES IN

THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNIT

OF

CITY

OF SA}{

FERNANDO

Miko

Rojas Piedra, RN

Abstract

Job satisfaction is a multifaceted phenomenon and it affects nurses' productivity and performance, cost saving, quality of patient care, patient safety, commitment to the organization and the profession. The purpose of this study was to describe and determinc the level of job satisfaction of 49 community health nurses that were selected tlrough purposive sampling. The McCloskey/Tv{ueller Satisfaction Scale (MMSS), a 3 I -item _S-level Likert type questionnaire was utilized for data collection.

A descriptive design was used to achieve the aim of the study. The overall mean score for job satisfaction among nurses was 3.6 (SD = 0.21) suggesting a moderate level of satisfaction. Among the eight sub scales of job satisfaction, co-workers showed the highest mean score 4.22 (SD = 0.60) whereas professional opportunities showed the least mean score 2.86 (sD

=

^{0.4s), These} findings can be used as

foundation knowledge for developing strategies to further enhance job satisfaction among community health nurses.

Keywords:7bb satisfoction, quality of patient care, comrnunity health nurses

It is important for nurses to be satisfied with their

jobs.

Job satisfaction is a

emotional response and behavioral expression and reflects an individual's evaluation of his orher work, working life, and working environment. Job satisfaction has been known to

improve the quality of the service that nurses provide. Nurses who are satisfied with their

iobs tend to be more productive, h"ppy, and efficient (Aiken et al., 2001). The higher a nurse's job satisfaction, the higher the quality of patient care they provide @etkus, ^2002).

The level

ofjob

satisfaction among nurses in the clinical setting have often been xamined, however, only few studies have focused on exploring this concept among :ommunity health nurses (Ayamolowo et al., 2013; Graham et al.,

z0ll; cole,

2007).

Jommunity health nurses are important players in the health care delivery system of the hilippines. They provide primary nursing care, not only to patients and individuals, but to

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