Role identity and job satisfaction of community health nurses.
Although many efforts have been made to articulate the nature of community health nursing practice, there continues to be a great deal of confusion about the roles and functions of community health nurses. This article reports a descriptive research study of the role identity and job satisfaction of 43 staff community health nurses practicing in home health care, generalized public health nursing, combined public health/home health care (PH/HHC), and specialized programmes. Although differences were found, the home health, generalized public health, and PH/HHC nurses shared a similar core identity. The major differences were seen for the nurses working in specialized programmes. No significant differences were found in job satisfaction among the four groups.
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Community Health Nursing, University of Texas at Austin, USA. slaffrey@mail.utexas.edu
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D000328:Adult; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007587:Job Description; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008875:Middle Aged; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000523:psychology*; D011637:Public Health Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012649:Self Concept; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires