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Abstract

Among Nursing and Psychology professionals, the job satisfaction of those in Adult Inpatient Units is analyzed, with a new scale to measure nursing workloads validated. Objective: The objective of this study was to relate nursing workloads to professional job satisfaction. Methods: This is an observational, analytical, descriptive, concurrent and quantitative study, which used the Overall Job Satisfaction scale and subscales therein, to identify global satisfaction—intrinsic or related to motivational factors and extrinsic or associated with hygienic factors—in nursing professionals (n = 104) from eight Inpatient Units of Internal Medicine and Surgery, in four hospital centers, to describe job satisfaction in the professionals studied and to find statistically significant associations between job satisfaction and workload (measured with the scale MIDENF®) in the inpatient units where they work. Results: There were higher levels of satisfaction in the variables “relationship with immediate boss” and “relationship with fellow workers”, and lower levels in “relationship with senior management” and “organizational system of the unit”. In the inferential analysis, the scores were 75.63 for overall satisfaction, 35.28 for intrinsic satisfaction, and 40.36 for extrinsic satisfaction. Conclusions: There is a close relationship between workload and job satisfaction, showing more dissatisfaction regarding organizational aspects and professional recognition.

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Title
Relationship between Job Satisfaction and Workload of Nurses in Adult Inpatient Units
Author
María Fuensanta Hellín Gil 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Ruiz Hernández, José Antonio 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Ibáñez-López, Francisco Javier 3   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Ana Myriam Seva Llor 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Roldán Valcárcel, Maria Dolores 1 ; Mikla, Marzena 1 ; López Montesinos, María José 1 

 Faculty of Nursing, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain; Biomedical Research Institute of Murcia (IMIB), El Palmar, 30120 Murcia, Spain 
 Applied Psychology Service (SEPA), Faculty of Psychology, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain 
 Education Faculty, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain 
First page
11701
Publication year
2022
Publication date
2022
Publisher
MDPI AG
ISSN
1661-7827
e-ISSN
1660-4601
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2716545828
Copyright
© 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.