Abstract
Historically, critical care nurses were more frequently identified with burnout, decreased job satisfaction and high levels of turnover. For this reason there have been several documented studies carried out to improve job satisfaction and turnover rates in critical care areas. Presently, due to the impact of managed care, patients coming to the hospital are sicker and requiring higher levels of care in medical-surgical areas. This is a major concern on medical-surgical units, where the patient to nurse ratio can be as high as eight to one. A survey of 154 critical care and medical-surgical nurses from two hospitals were surveyed quality of care, enjoyment, time to do one's job and task requirement. An independent t test was performed on each variable. No significant difference was found in the level of job satisfaction between the medical-surgical nurses and the critical care nurses.
Sigma Membership
Epsilon Psi, Xi Upsilon
Lead Author Affiliation
Carilion Clinic, Roanoke Memorial Hospital, Roanoke, Virginia, USA
Type
Presentation
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
Quasi-Experimental Study, Other
Research Approach
Quantitative Research
Keywords:
Critical Care, Medical-Surgical, Enjoyment of Job, Job Satisfaction
Recommended Citation
Ward, Cynthia W. and Shultz, Sarah, "Comparison of the job satisfaction of experienced medical-surgical and experienced critical care nurses" (2019). General Submissions: Presenations (Oral and Poster). 5.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/gen_sub_presentations/2006/presentations/5
Conference Name
Blue Ridge Chapter Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses
Conference Host
Blue Ridge Chapter Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses
Conference Location
Lynchburg, Virginia, USA
Conference Year
2006
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Comparison of the job satisfaction of experienced medical-surgical and experienced critical care nurses
Lynchburg, Virginia, USA
Historically, critical care nurses were more frequently identified with burnout, decreased job satisfaction and high levels of turnover. For this reason there have been several documented studies carried out to improve job satisfaction and turnover rates in critical care areas. Presently, due to the impact of managed care, patients coming to the hospital are sicker and requiring higher levels of care in medical-surgical areas. This is a major concern on medical-surgical units, where the patient to nurse ratio can be as high as eight to one. A survey of 154 critical care and medical-surgical nurses from two hospitals were surveyed quality of care, enjoyment, time to do one's job and task requirement. An independent t test was performed on each variable. No significant difference was found in the level of job satisfaction between the medical-surgical nurses and the critical care nurses.