Journal of Community & Public Health Nursing
Open Access

Research Article

Job Satisfaction and Related Factors among Intensive Care Nurses in Governmental Hospitals at Khartoum State - Sudan

¹Department of Medical-Surgical Nursing, Alneelain University, Faculty of Nursing Science, Khartoum, Sudan

²Associate professor of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Alneelain University, Khartoum, Sudan

*Corresponding Author:

Afra Ezeldeen Abduelaal Abduelazeez
Registered Nurse
Department of Medical-Surgical Nursing
Alneelain University
Faculty of Nursing Science
Khartoum, Sudan
Tel: 249919460938
E-mail: afraezeldeen@gmail.com

Received date: February 23, 2016 Accepted date: March 04, 2016 Published date: March 11, 2016

Citation: Abduelazeez AEA, Tahir MM (2016) Job Satisfaction and Related Factors among Intensive Care Nurses in Governmental Hospitals at Khartoum State - Sudan. J Comm Pub Health Nurs 2:114. doi:10.4172/2471-9846.1000114

Copyright: © 2016 Abduelazeez AEA, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited

Background and Objective: As advances have been made in medicine and technology, patient care has become more complex. And to provide appropriate health care, nurses needed specialized knowledge, skills and the health care delivery mechanisms to evolve and support the patients' needs for continuous monitoring and treatment. This study was conducted in governmental hospitals in Khartoum state to study job satisfaction and the factors influencing job satisfaction, to determine the overall level of job satisfaction and to relate socio-demographic characteristic of ICU nurses with overall level of job satisfaction.

Method: A descriptive, cross-sectional hospital based study was done to all intensive care unit nurses. Questionnaire with likert type scale was used to collect necessary data; Likert scale was numerically translated to evaluate job satisfaction scores.

Results: Results revealed high overall level of job satisfaction (mean 85.3 ± 13.1 on 5 points scale). There was significant association between overall level of job satisfaction and monthly salary (P = 0.025). Significant association also found between age group and chance for suggestion and recreation (P = 0.018).And significant association found between qualifications and workload (P = 0.025).

Conclusion: Age group and different qualifications are related to nurse job satisfaction level. And intrinsic job characteristics are as important as extrinsic job conditions on ICU nurse job satisfaction.

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