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Metas de Enfermería

Metas de Enfermería

MARZO 1999 N° 13 Volumen 2

Study of job satisfaction in surgical recovery service

Section: Originals

Authors

Marta Ortega Recio, Mª Paloma Torres Pérez

Position

Enfermeras Unidad de Recuperación Quirúrgica del Hospital Universitario, Clínica Puerta de Hierro, Madrid.

Contact address

Unidad de Recuperación , Hospital U.Clínica Puerta de Hierro. C/ San Martín de Porres, 4. 28035 Madrid.

Abstract

A descriptive study is carried out using Font Roja´s modified questionnaire in order to determine the rateof job satisfaction at a critical care unit.

71 questionnaires are handed in. A final sample madeup from 66 professionals is obtained.

The inflexion point between dissatisfaction-satisfactionis set for three in a one to five scale. 3’58±0’89 score isobtained from the total sample.

The determinant satisfaction factors and their relation with age, job situation and seniority are analysed.Statistically meaningful differences are found for everyone of these demographic variables.

Keywords:

job satisfaction; critical caremotivation

Versión en Español

Título:

Estudio de la satisfacción laboral en un servicio de recuperación quirúrgica