An investigation of the job satisfaction and related factors in nurses of Kermanshah hospitals

The majority of health system related staffs is nurses. Job satisfaction causes to increase the organization productivity and employees are committed to the organization and his physical and mental health will be guaranteed. Identifying the related factors in nurse's job satisfaction may be useful in increasing their job satisfaction and creating necessary motivation to do their therapeutic, educational and research duties. In this study, the job satisfaction and its related factors in nurses in Kermanshah hospitals during 2012, were studied. This is an Analytic-Descriptive study that was performed on 629 nurses in Kermanshah hospitals who have been selected based on step sampling methods. Data collection tools include demographic information and standardized job satisfaction questionnaire (Herzberg) and job satisfaction was categorized in three levels. The results showed that job satisfaction among workers in eight areas are as follows: the workplace (75.2%), relationship with colleagues (49%), compensation (75.1%), job status (60.5%), job security (64.6%), monitoring and supervision (64%), management policy (59.2%) and personal life (65.7%). Most significant satisfaction was about communication with co-workers and the significant least satisfaction was in hard working benefits, establish equity and non-discrimination and the amenities. Chi-square test showed a significant association between gender, education, type of employment, career and administrative shift. Results indicate that overall rate of satisfaction was in a satisfactory condition. Considering the research findings it is recommended to the Ministry of health, education and medical treatment that make greater effort in order to improve job satisfaction in the fields of on-time payment of salaries, as well as conservative design, hard working benefits and facilities.