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T R Misener

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PubMed1991

Job satisfaction of nurse practitioners: an analysis using Herzberg's theory.

The current sociopolitical and economic forces affecting health care may lead to job dissatisfaction among nurse practitioners, according to results of a South Carolina study. A mailed survey that consisted of the Index of Job Satisfaction and the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire--Short Form was used to test Herzberg's dual-factor theory of job satisfaction. A response rate of 90 percent was attained, with a final sample of 132 nurse practitioners and midwives. Consistent with the predictions of Herzberg's model, intrinsic factors served as sources of job satisfaction, while extrinsic factors were the primary sources of job dissatisfaction. Nurse practitioners in the sample reported a moderate amount of satisfaction with their "overall jobs." Suggestions are provided for ways both nurse practitioners and health administrators can enhance job satisfaction.

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PubMed1990

Symbiotic and synergistic community-based volunteer home visiting program for postpartum families.

Community health nurses who focus on the needs of the community as client, and not simply individual and family services, are aware of the demand for increased services. This demand, however, is usually coupled with the absence of resources to deliver the needed services. Therefore, leaders in community agencies must consider attracting nurses as volunteers to augment resources. Volunteer service can be highly synergistic when a symbiotic relationship exists between the agency and the volunteer. A one-year volunteer home visiting program was developed to provide services to families with new infants at one U.S. Army installation in the western United States. We assume the program methodology would be successful in civilian communities as well as other client populations.

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PubMed1986

Toward a nursing definition of child maltreatment using seriousness vignettes.

To determine whether nurses operationally define child maltreatment in a like manner regardless of their practice specialty, eight practice groups (N = 596) participated in a mail survey. The survey allowed nurses to judge the potential seriousness of child maltreatment incidents. Multivariate statistical analyses revealed significant group differences. Follow-up analyses of variance (ANOVAs) revealed a difference between anesthetists and community health nurses on one factor (parental sexual mores). However, an investigator-developed scale demonstrated the differences would lack substantive value in clinical practice. It was concluded that nursing specialty groups define similarly the seriousness of child abuse and neglect despite varied backgrounds.

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An explanatory model of nurse practitioner job satisfaction.

Job satisfaction influences employee retention, worker productivity, and performance quality. To retain qualified nurse practitioners (NPs), health administrators must identify sources of job satisfaction and dissatisfaction. Herzberg's dual-factor theory of job satisfaction addresses extrinsic and intrinsic work-related factors. Expansion of the model to include global job satisfaction and individual differences provided a broad framework for the assessment of nurse practitioner job satisfaction. The expanded model was used to analyze the job satisfaction of 132 NPs registered with the South Carolina State Board of Nursing in 1988 (final response rate = 90%). Participants completed the Index of Job Satisfaction (IJS), the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire-Short Form (MSQ-SF), and the Personal and Work Background Questionnaire (PWBQ). Although the NPs were moderately satisfied with their overall jobs, extrinsic factors were found to be major sources of dissatisfaction. The optimal combination of variables predicted by regression analysis to influence global job satisfaction were age, number of children, urban locations, achievement, company policies and practices, creativity, independence, and compensation. Implications for health administrators to improve the work environments of NPs are discussed.

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