Relationship between disposition optimism and job satisfaction of shift nurses and factors affecting it

A.I. Tsipkalo; Mariya I. Marushchak

Summary. Expanding functional responsibilities, as well as a number of stressful factors, such as long working hours, shift work, high probability of conflict patients, low career prospects, can negatively affect the health of nurses and their job satisfaction. The aim of the study – to investigate dispositional optimism among nurses of therapeutic and surgical departments who work in shifts, and to establish its relationship with satisfaction of shift work. Materials and Methods. 40 nurses who worked in shifts took part in the study: 20 from the therapeutic department and 20 from the surgical department. Dispositional optimism (LOT-R) was assessed using a questionnaire adapted by O. A. Sychov. Job satisfaction was assessed by directly asking the respondent about his job satisfaction. Results. It was found that the level of optimism in the nurses included in the study was 9.5 (6.0, 11.0) with a maximum value of 12, while the level of pessimism was 3.0 (3.0, 8.0). Regardless of the department, nurses are equally satisfied with the work they do. However, employees of the surgical department who work in shifts to a greater extent (by 10.0 %) like their work and are less satisfied compared to the nurses of the therapeutic departments. At the same time, a correlation was established between the level of optimism and job satisfaction of nurses, in particular, the therapeutic department r=-0.83, p<0.001 and the surgical department – r=-0.90, p<0.001 and between the level of pessimism, respectively, r=0.79, p<0.001 and r=0.86, p<0.001. Conclusions. The level of dispositional optimism among the nurses of the therapeutic ward was 8.0 (6.75; 10.25), while that of the surgical ward was 9.5 (7.0; 11.0), while the main component of optimism was that they, respectively in 65 % and 80 % of cases, they were optimistic about the future. It was established that the level of optimism among the nurses of the therapeutic department is negatively affected by age, the duration of shift work and their frequency, as well as the number of children, while the level of optimism among the employees of the surgical department is negatively affected by the age and duration of shift work (р<0.05). 30 % of nurses, regardless of the department in which they work, are satisfied with their work, while the higher the index of dispositional optimism, the more satisfied the respondent is with their work

dispositional optimism, pessimism, job satisfaction, nurses, therapeutic department, surgical department, shift work

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