title: Motivational factors that affect the retention of reserve nurses in eight aeromedical evacuation flights.
abstract: The purpose of the study was to identify the motivational factors which contribute to the retention of reserve flight nurses in aeromedical evacuation flights. Almost all units experience some difficulty in retaining nurses, and with the reserve program becoming increasingly complex, this problem is likely to become more severe. The motivation maintenance theory developed by Frederich Herzberg contends that two sets of factors can impinge on job satisfaction. Hygiene factors such as salary and working conditions can lead to job dissatisfaction. Motivators, such as job content and professional achievement are job satisfaction factors. A convenience sample of 69 reserve flight nurses from 8 flights was utilized in the survey approach. Participants filled out a Demographic Questionnaire, and a Reserve Flight Nurse Satisfaction Questionnaire. The results confirmed the proposed hypotheses in that not only were the nurses able to identify motivational factors, but that these factors had more impact on job satisfaction than did the hygiene factors.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000337:Aerospace Medicine; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008875:Middle Aged; D008888:Military Nursing; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D009042:Motivation; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D011592:Psychology, Military; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce