Job satisfaction of the nursing team in intensive care units

a descriptive and cross-sectional study with 163 nursing workers from the intensive care units of a teaching hospital. For data collection, the Brazilian version of the Job Satisfaction Survey and a personal and professional characterization form were used. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, comparisons and correlations.

Results:

the professionals demonstrated ambivalence for job satisfaction in a global way and concerning the communication domain. They were satisfied with the supervision, co-workers, and nature of work, while dissatisfied with other domains. There was a correlation between the intention to stay in the job and the majority of the Job Satisfaction Survey domains, except for co-workers and operating procedures, and a correlation between time working at the unit and at the institution with the domains pay, contingent rewards, and supervision.

Conclusion:

there was an ambivalence regarding job satisfaction and the variables intention of stay in the job and time working at the unit and at the institution were correlated with job satisfaction concerning the domains pay, contingent rewards, and supervision.

Descriptors:
Job Satisfaction; Intensive Care Units; Nursing; Health Facility Environment; Critical Care; Nursing Service, Hospital

Variable	n	%
Sex
Female	123	75.46
Male	40	24.54
Marital status
Single	51	31.48
Married/married de facto	91	56.17
Separated/divorced	20	12.35
No information	1
Professional category
Nurse	49	30.06
Nursing technician	114	69.94
Professional Qualification
Stricto Sensu Master's/PhD	5	3.07
Lato Sensu Upgrading/Residency	2	1.22
Specialization	35	21.47
Intensive Care Unit
Post-operative/Neurology/Coronary	74	45.40
Trauma and Clinical	65	39.88
Transplant	24	14.72
Shift
Morning	44	26.99
Afternoon	42	25.77
Night	77	47.24
Other employment
Yes	36	22.09
No	127	77.91

Job satisfaction	Mean	Standard Deviation	Minimum	First Quartile	Median	Third Quartile	Maximum
Supervision	16.81	4.78	4.00	14.00	17.00	20.00	24.00
Co-workers	16.04	3.58	4.00	14.00	16.00	18.00	24.00
Nature of work	14.41	2.91	5.00	13.00	15.00	17.00	18.00
Communication	13.55	4.24	4.00	10.00	14.00	16.00	24.00
Contingent rewards	11.38	4.33	4.00	8.00	12.00	14.00	24.00
Pay	10.67	4.26	4.00	8.00	11.00	14.00	21.00
Benefits	9.96	3.71	3.00	8.00	10.00	12.00	18.00
Operating procedures	9.48	2.84	3.00	8.00	10.00	11.00	17.00
Promotion	5.68	3.28	3.00	3.00	4.00	8.00	18.00

Job subscales Satisfaction Survey	Age	Experience time	Time working at the unit	Time working at the institution	Intention of remaining
Pay	-0.01	-0.06	-0.22^* * p < 0.05;	-0.18^* * p < 0.05;	0.31^† † p < 0.0001
Benefits	-0.06	-0.01	-0.09	-0.08	0.19^* * p < 0.05;
Promotion	0.12	0.05	-0.11	-0.11	0.24^* * p < 0.05;
Co-workers	0.09	0.09	0.00	0.04	0.10
Contingent rewards	-0.00	-0.09	-0.24^* * p < 0.05;	-0.22^* * p < 0.05;	0.39^† † p < 0.0001
Nature of work	0.17	0.04	0.09	0.03	0.20^* * p < 0.05;
Supervision	-0.12	-0.15	0.25^* * p < 0.05;	-0.24^* * p < 0.05;	0.24^* * p < 0.05;
Operating procedures	-0.03	-0.00	0.04	-0.00	-0.02
Communication	0.02	-0.06	-0.05	-0.03	0.16^* * p < 0.05;

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[1] Corresponding author: Edinêis de Brito Guirardello. E-mail: guirar@unicamp.br