title: Minority nurses' experiences on the job.
abstract: While a number of studies have explored questions regarding career path and job satisfaction among nurses, the data rarely are examined for distinct racial and ethnic groups. Furthermore, we have not found any study that has explored the relationship between ethnicity and factors that foster job satisfaction among nurses. The purpose of this study is to describe the work environment, job advancement, and promotion experiences of registered nurses in California who self-identify an ethnic affiliation. We tried to determine if minority nurses faced more and/or different barriers to career advancement than white nurses. Overall, we found that minority nurses have positive views of their opportunities and workplaces. They are more likely than white nurses in the sample to agree that they have opportunities to learn new skills at work, to think their job duties match their skills, and to believe they have opportunities to advance at their workplace.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Health Systems at the University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143-0608, USA.
authors.forename: Jean Ann
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Seago
authors.forename: Joanne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Spetz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000208:ethnology; D000368:Aged; D001213:Asian / Q000208:ethnology; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel / Q000208:ethnology*; D002140:California; D002322:Career Mobility; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000208:ethnology; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008913:Minority Groups / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000523:psychology; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D017132:Workplace / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology