title: [Determinants of the choice of part time employment and nurses' satisfaction: a multicentre descriptive study].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the main determinants for the choice of part time employment in Italian nurses and its' impact on work satisfaction.
  
  
  METHODS
  The main factors were identified with a focus-group. A questionnaire with 26 items for the choice of part time and 24 for work satisfaction was then devised and administered to part time nurses (503) of 5 North Italian hospitals.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Two-hundred fifty-five nurses/471 answered the questionnaire. The choice of part time was voluntary for the large majority of nurses (251, 98.4%) except for 4 (1.6%) that asked for it for health problems (personal or of the spouse). Part time nurses are more satisfied for the relationships with colleagues (average 3; SD 0.6), the opportunity to deal with responsibilities (2.9; SD 0.6) and to have free time (2.9; SD 0.6). CONCLUSIONS; Part time is a need for mothers. Part time nurses complain for lack of access to information on patients and lack of involvement in ward projects and planned changes, possibly to be considered signals of isolation.
authors: Azienda ULSS Veneto Orientale. mleandmarti@libero.it
authors: Martino
authors: M
authors: Ferrazzo
authors: Mauro
authors: M
authors: Filippi
authors: Giulia
authors: G
authors: Meneghetti
authors: Alvisa
authors: A
authors: Palese
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000465:Algorithms; D002755:Choice Behavior; D004651:Employment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D006761:Hospitals / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; D018570:Risk Assessment; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors; D016526:Workload / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*