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Nurses are considered the backbone of hospital because of the responsibility they carry out while providing caring for a patient. Nurse’s role as care giver, resource manager, supervisor, team coordinator, collaborator, client advocate etc. is evident everywhere. Therefore, a nurse should be satisfied with her job to carry out these responsibilities effectively and efficiently. Job satisfaction is one of the strong motivational factors for an employee to work with enthusiasm in an organization.
Methodology-A descriptive design was used to assess to assess the level of job satisfaction among Staff nurses working in Government Medical College, Anantnag. Convenience sampling technique was used to select 400 staff nurses., a survey-based questionnaire has been established by the modification of Kumar and Khan Job assessment scale and Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire to assess the satisfaction of nurses. Analysis was done by using descriptive and inferential statistics.
Results: the study results showed that out of 400 nurses, 274 nurses are neither satisfied nor dissatisfied with the job, 113 nurses are Dissatisfied with job and 13 nurses are satisfied with the job. The Factors associated with job dissatisfaction were: Invisible role of nurse, Pay level of nurse, Non-equality of pay in J&K as compared to other Union Territories or States., Rude behaviour of superiors, non- recognition of Nurse’s work, Scarcity of Provision of higher post in Nurses, Inadequate Nurses Recruitment process, Designated post, Under-utilization of job role, Long-time gap for continuing higher education trough department., Mental disturbance due to the public crowd/quarrels always happening within the hospital, Inadequate maintenance of nurse patient ratio, Problem with title ascribed to nurse because of nursing profession, Social stigma attached with the nursing profession.
Discussion and conclusion- In conclusion, there was a significant association between the level of job satisfaction among nurses with the demographic variables of qualification, residence, designation, marital status, area of posting and working experience in years at 0.01 and 0.05 P level of significance. However, there is no relationship found between job satisfaction and the variables like age, gender and type of working hospital at 0.01 and 0.05 P level of significance.
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"Assessment of job satisfaction among nurses working in jammu and Kashmir", International Journal of Science & Engineering Development Research (www.ijrti.org), ISSN:2455-2631, Vol.7, Issue 10, page no.4 - 12, October-2022, Available :http://www.ijrti.org/papers/IJRTI2210002.pdf
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