Nursing Job Satisfaction

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This paper presents a research proposal to ascertain whether cardiac care nurses have a higher rate of job satisfaction than nurses who work on the medical floor. The paper explores literature on the topic of job satisfaction in the nursing industry, discusses the statement of problem, operational definitions and delimitations, and the methodology that are used for the study.

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Introduction
Hypothesis
Statement of the Problem
Methodology
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"Finding out which areas of nursing provide the most job satisfaction can be an important component in the development of future nursing programs and job duty decisions. Cardiac care nurses are working in an environment that can be highly stressful due to the very nature of the patients that they care for. Medical floor nurses work under similar circumstances but with different sets of issues. Determining which field of nursing provides more job satisfaction can assist in promoting job longevity in the future through the use of programs and education.
"With the shortage on nursing professionals projected to reach one million by 2010 and the mounting evidence supporting the impact of nursing ratios on patient outcomes, the role of retention efforts has become a critical task for nursing leaders (Goreberg, 2003)."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Gorenberg, Bobbye (2003) Nurse retention: is it worth it?Nursing Economics
• Manojlovich, Milisa (2005) Linking the practice environment to nurses' job satisfaction through nurse-physician communication.(Health Policy and Systems) Journal of Nursing Scholarship; 12/22/2005;
• Mitchell, P.H., Armstrong, S., Simpson, T.F., & Lentz, M. (1989). American association of critical-care nurses demonstration project: Profile of excellence in critical care nursing. Heart & Lung: The Journal of Critical Care, 18(3), 219-236.
• Rosenstein, A.H. (2002). Nurse-physician relationships: Impact on nurse satisfaction and retention. American Journal of Nursing, 102(6), 26-34.
• Rotondo, Michael (2005) The effectiveness of a specialized trauma course in the knowledge base and level of job satisfaction in emergency nurses.(MANUSCRIPT)Journal of Trauma Nursing;

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