title: Prominent attractive qualities of nurses' work in operating room departments: A questionnaire study.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The shortage of nurses in operating room departments (ORs) in Sweden and other countries can lead to reduced capacity and quality in healthcare, as well as more intense work for those on the job. Little is known about what nurses in ORs perceive as crucial for their workplace to be attractive.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To capture attractive qualities of nurses' work in Swedish ORs and take a first step in the process of adapting the Attractive Work Questionnaire for use in a health care context.
  
  
  METHODS
  The Attractive Work Questionnaire was completed by 147 (67% ) nurses in four Swedish ORs. Principal Component Analyses (PCA) were performed to determine the underlying structure of the data.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Factors contributing to job attractiveness identified in the area "work conditions" were: relations, leadership, equipment, salary, organisation, physical work environment, location, and working hours; in the area "work content": mental work, autonomy and work rate; and in the area "job satisfaction": status and acknowledgement. The PCA showed consistency with the original Attractive Work Questionnaire, Cronbach's alpha varied between 0.57-0.90.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Prominent attractive qualities for nurses' work in Swedish ORs were possible to identify through the Attractive Work Questionnaire and the results suggest that the questionnaire can be useful in a health care context.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.|Centre for Research & Development, Uppsala University/County Council of Gävleborg, Gävle, Sweden.
authors.forename: Catrine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Björn
authors.affiliation: Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Uppsala University Hospital, Sweden.
authors.forename: Malin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Josephson
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
authors.forename: Barbro
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wadensten
authors.affiliation: Centre for Research & Development, Uppsala University/County Council of Gävleborg, Gävle, Sweden.|Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, Department of Occupational and Public Health Sciences, Faculty of Health and Occupational Studies, University of Gävle, Gävle, Sweden.
authors.forename: Dag
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rissén
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D009729:Nursing; D009873:Operating Rooms; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D017132:Workplace / Q000523:psychology; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Attractive work; employment; health manpower; job satisfaction; nurse retention; nurse shortage; personnel turnover