| A Comparative Study on Work Satisfaction of PMHNPs in the Hospital and Community |
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soo Yang, Gyung-Joo Lee, sook-Ja Yu |
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College of Nursing, Catholic University of Korea, 2) Department of Nursing, KeukDong Collage |
Correspondence:
soo Yang, Tel: +82-2-590-1290, Fax: +82-2-590-1297,
Email: sooy@catholic.ac.kr
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Received: 18 October 2004 • Accepted: 10 December 2004 |
| Abstract |
Purpose
The purpose of this study is to evaluate and compare the degrees of work satisfaction of PMHNPs (psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners) working in hospitals, public health centers and community mental health centers.
Methods
Data was collected by questionnaire from 173 PMHNPs employed in hospitals and 182 PMHNPs employed in public health centers and community mental health centers. Data was analyzed using 'The Index of Work Satisfaction' developed by Slavitt (1976) et al and modified by Kim(1998).
Results
The findings were as follows ; According to the characteristics of subjects, the differences of job satisfaction are significant for age (p=0.0209), degree of education (p=0.0003), income (p=0.0323) and motivation (p=0.0005). In the case of over 10 years* psychiatric career, PMHNPs working in hospitals are more satisfied than PMHNPs working in public health centers and community mental health centers(t=2.34, p=0.0414). PMHNPs working in hospitals shows significant difference in psychiatric career. The mean score of work satisfaction of PMHNPs is 2.75±0.44. Statistically significant differences in scores between PMHNPs working in hospitals and PMHNPs working in public health centers and community mental health centers were detected in two of the subcategories; ’nurse-doctor relationships* and 'interaction'. As a result of an additional analysis considering inhomogeneity of subjects, nurse-doctor relationship is significantly different between groups for motivation(F=6.34, p=0.0123), and interaction is significantly different between groups for age(F=4.41, p=0.0364), psychiatric career(F=4.2l, p=0.0410), income(F=5.19, p=0.0234) and motivation(F=l 1.26, p=0.0009).
Conclusion
There are no differences of Work satisfaction between two groups. However, we found that PMHNPs working in community are less satisfied with particularly 'interaction* than PMHNPs working in hospitals. As a result, to improve the quality of mental health care through the management of efficient human resources in the field of community mental health, we should be more concerned about seeking various policies to facilitate effective cooperation systems and supportive interaction among the members of mental health team. |
| Key Words:
Work satisfaction; Psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners |
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