title: Organization of nursing care as a determinant of job satisfaction among hospital nurses.
abstract: This study examined the relationship between methods of organizing nursing and employee satisfaction. Data were collected from 26 ward sisters and 568 nurses working in 26 bed wards with different stabilized nursing models. Methods of organizing nursing, such as primary, modular, team and functional nursing, were associated with job satisfaction. However, this association involved only certain features of these organizational models and specific components of satisfaction. After the effects of demographic and ward characteristics were partialed out, hierarchical regression analyses showed that patient-focused work allocation, opportunity to write nursing notes and accountability for patient care contributed to nurses' satisfaction with supervision and personal growth. The relationships of duty rota and liaison with other discipline to job satisfaction were weaker or non-existing.
authors.affiliation: Administrative Head Nurse, Division of Applied Psychology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. arja.makinen@satshp.fi
authors.forename: Arja
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mäkinen
authors.forename: Mika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kivimäki
authors.forename: Marko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Elovainio
authors.forename: Marianna
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Virtanen
authors.forename: Senga
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bond
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D005387:Finland; D006757:Hospital Units / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D016294:Models, Nursing; D024802:Nurse's Role; D015401:Nursing Administration Research; D009737:Nursing Records; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology; D009746:Nursing, Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling / Q000458:organization & administration; D011321:Primary Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012044:Regression Analysis; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016526:Workload