title: Agencies make a difference in home healthcare nurses' job satisfaction.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to explore the factors that contribute to variability in home healthcare nurses' job satisfaction. Nurses completed the 30-item Home Healthcare Nurses Job Satisfaction Scale specifically designed to measure job satisfaction of home healthcare nurses. Results suggest that the greatest amount of variability in satisfaction for home healthcare nurses are salary and benefits, stress and workload, and organizational factors, that is, factors over which organizations and management have the most control.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts-Boston, 100 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, MA 02125-3393, USA. carol.ellenbecker@umb.edu
authors.forename: Carol Hall
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Ellenbecker
authors.forename: James J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Byleckie
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D018574:Home Care Agencies / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology*; D014481:United States