Patients' Effect on Nurses' Job Satisfaction at Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii
Abstract
Nurses are half of the work force in hospitals and are needed in increasing numbers. Relatively fewer people are going into nursing and those who do are less qualified. Except in the military where 30 to 40% of the nurses are male, nursing is 96% female. Women who complete nursing education work part time or go into another field more frequently than women in comparable professions. The media frequently report on burn- out among nurses, and few nurses recommend the field. These many signs of troubled profession may be linked by the concept of satisfaction. The practice of nursing may not be satisfying its practitioners and these circumstances may be contributing to a shortage of registered nurses. Stamps and Piedmonte (1986) said this shortage is not due to the lack of trained nurses, but rather their unwillingness to continue in or return to nursing positions because of their occupational dissatisfaction (p. 13).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1991
- Accession Number
- ADA279026
Entities
People
- Kathleen L. Kelm
Organizations
- Academy of Health Sciences