The purpose of this study is to provide the basic data for development of nursing profession and effective nursing intervention by investigating nursing professional attitudes and job satisfaction of clinical nurses.
The subjects for this study were 242 registered nurses of two university hospitals in Seoul. The nurses were surveyed by means of a questionnaire during the period of Apr. 14 to 22, 1992.
The Nurses Professional Attitudes Scale developed by Alfred T.Fingerhut and adapted to the Korean situation by Ryu, Kim, Lee, Park was used.
The job satisfaction questionnaire developed by Stamps was used for this study. The survey questionnaire consists of 30 items related to nursing professional attitudes and 20 items related to job satisfaction.
It utilized a Likert type Scale of 5. Participants were asked to select responses which were congruent with their thoughts of each item.
The Alpha Score of nursing professional attitudes scale and the job satisfaction scale were. 793 and .791. Computer program(SPSS) was used for data analysis. Frequency and percentage were used to examine the characteristics of the subjects. ANOVA
were
used to test the difference in nursing professional attitudes and job satisfaction among groups classified by the characteristics. Pearson Correlation Coefficient was used to analyze nursing professional attitudes and job satisfaction.
@ES The results of this study were so follows:
@EN 1. The mean score for nursing professional attitudes was 3.87 point, with the maximum score set at 5 points.
2. The mean score for job satisfaction was 2.88 points with the maximum score set at 5 points.
3. The analysis of the level of nursing professional attitudes according to characteristics of the subjects showed statistically significant difference in position(F=3.25, p<.05)
4. the analysis of the level of job satisfaction according to characteristics of the subjects showed significant differences in age(F=4.45, p<.01 religion(F=2.83, p<.05), position(F=8.26, p<.001), working part (F=4.40, p<.001), working
experience(F=5.63, p<.001), expected nursing period(F=5.60, p<.001).
5. In the correlation, Nursing professional attitudes and job satisfaction were positively correlated with a statistical significance(r=.467, p<.001).
In conclusion, It was found that the more positive nursing profession attitudes are, the higher job satisfaction becomes.
Therefore, the development of nursing professional attitudes and the growth of job satisfaction must be accomplished by the administrative support and the study.
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