Impact of Job Stress on Nurses’ Job Satisfaction in a Public Hospital, Cross River State, Calabar, Nigeria

Authors

Regina Ella, University of Calabar, Nigeria
Ekaete Asuquo, Aga Khan UniversityFollow
Paulina Akpan-Idiok, University of Calabar, Nigeria
Ijaida Joseph Ijabula, University of Calabar, Nigeria

Document Type

Article

Department

School of Nursing and Midwifery, East Africa

Abstract

Background: The nursing professional work environment is known to have a lot of job stress factors (stressors),that has continuously caused devastating health hazards and lack of job satisfaction among nurses (Leatt and Schneck, 2014). Understanding the impact of job stress on nurses’ job satisfaction will help managements, hospital policy makers and nurse administrators develop appropriate strategies and programmes that would improve nurse’s health and job satisfaction.

Purpose: The study was carried out to determine the impact of job stress on nurses’ job satisfaction in the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital.

Methods: A self-developed questionnaire was administered to 115 respondents selected through simple random sampling.

Results: of the 115 respondents 107 (93.04%) were females. 66 (57.39%) were between ages 20-39 years. 86 (74.78%) were married; 68 (59.13%) respondents had diploma, while 47 (40.87%) had BNsc, 13 (11.30%) had Bsc in other disciplines or Post graduate qualification. 29 (25.22%) respondents were NO11, 23 (20%) were SNO, 19 (16.52%). Chi square (x2) analysis revealed significant relationship between job stress and job satisfaction among nurses (P<0.05). Work hazards, work load and conflicting multiple role demands emerged as stressful factors that contributed significantly to nurses’ job satisfaction.

Conclusion: Work place policies that promote nurses autonomy, good nursing leadership and supervision, Implementation of WHO nurse -patient ratio of (1:4) can facilitate stress free work environment for nurses, and translate to positive health for nurses decrease lack of job satisfaction, increase nurses productivity, efficiency and quality of care.

Comments

This work was published before the author joined Aga Khan University.

Publication (Name of Journal)

International Journal of Humanities Social Sciences and Education

Recommended Citation

Ella, R., Asuquo, E., Akpan-Idiok, P., Ijabula, I. J. (2016). Impact of Job Stress on Nurses’ Job Satisfaction in a Public Hospital, Cross River State, Calabar, Nigeria. International Journal of Humanities Social Sciences and Education, 3(9), 57-66.
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