American Journal of Advances in Nursing Research

A RESEARCH ON PROBLEMS OF NURSES - JOB AND LIFE SATISFACTION IN INDIA

Padma sree Potru1*, Srivani G2, Suma Priya D2, Swaroopa Rani. Ch.3, Harsha G4

padmasreemsc@yahoo.co.in

Job satisfaction, nurses problems, life satisfaction, nurses pay, night shift problems in nurses.

The life satisfaction is defined as the degree to which an individual’s life satisfies that with wants and needs both physically and psychologically. This may include different aspects of life like employment, family and life partner. Job is the important factor which will have effect on over all life satisfaction and influences the people’s self concept and self esteem. Job and life satisfaction are positively and reciprocally related to each other. Organization incorporates with employee and it is their satisfaction which can make the execution of an organization. Employee satisfaction is integral in determining the organization goals, job satisfaction mainly regarded as an employee’s attitude towards the job and job situation. Job satisfaction portrays the degree to which nurses are favored with their jobs, which is an essential issue for both employee and employers. It generates to less job turnover, increased staff productivity and greater patient satisfaction. Job satisfaction is a cardinal factor in rocketing the level of work execution and career aspiration. The idle nature of nurses will reduce the productivity and it decreases their contribution for organizational growth intern effect the patient health. Many research studies indicated that nurses are suffering from low pay, high work stress still, none of the employers look forward for the life satisfaction of nurses. The staff who have life satisfaction will concentrate on achieving goals than the passively doing monotonous work. Research also says that Job Satisfaction and Life Satisfaction are interrelated. Among all the health care personnel the nurse’s work directly affects the quality of outcome of the patient. So managers must have appropriate policies to promote quality of work life among nurses. This study reveals monotonous, idle nature towards life among Government nurses shows less quality of work which inturn effect the clients. These results give the empirical support regarding the life satisfaction which in turn useful to improve life satisfaction among nurses.