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http://dx.doi.org/10.11111/jkana.2015.21.3.287

A Study of Nursing Tasks, Nurses' Job Stress and Job Satisfaction in Hospitals with No Guardians  

Lee, Min Kyung (Graduate School, Division of Nursing Science, College of Health Sciences, Ewha Womans University)
Jung, Duk Yoo (Division of Nursing Science, College of Health Sciences, Ewha Womans University)
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Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration / v.21, no.3, 2015 , pp. 287-296 More about this Journal
Abstract
Purpose: Purpose of the study was to investigate task performance, importance, knowledge, and level of job stress and job satisfaction of nurses working in a hospital with no family or family paid auxiliary caregivers. Methods: Participants were 119 nurses working in hospitals with no guardians. The questionnaire contained 488 items: general characteristics, performance, importance, knowledge of nursing tasks, job stress and job satisfaction. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Pearson correlation coefficients with SPSS/WIN 21.0. Results: Most frequently performed nursing tasks were patient nursing management and information management. Nursing tasks perceived as most important were medication and transfusion and nursing tasks with the highest knowledge were also medication and transfusion. Nursing task (subcategory) most frequently performed was oral medication. Nursing task (subcategory) perceived as most important was mental status observation and nursing task (subcategory) with the highest knowledge was vital sign check. Nurses' job stress was significantly associated with job satisfaction. The mean scores for nurses' job stress and job satisfaction were low. Conclusion: The results indicate that nurses working in hospitals with no guardians perform daily living assistance services more often than previously, and nurses need to be prepared to do these tasks.
Keywords
Patient care; Job satisfaction; Stress; Task performance and analysis;
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