Nursing 1170A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Job Satisfaction, Deeper Understanding, Analytic Reasoning
16 Mar 2016
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Positive association between quality of care and nurse satisfaction. Nurses more likely to stay in profession if they perceive their care is acceptable. Nurses unhappy with work environment and care provided more likely to leave profession and provide substandard care. Nurses felt most satisfied when they experienced intimate interactions that allowed them to make a difference (win-win) Deep human connection central to professional fulfillment: if a workplace does not allow these connections to be possible, job satisfaction. Connected with patients by: affirming value of the person, defending dignity, enabling hope, helping to find meaning in the illness experience. These things directly relate to job satisfaction, quality of care, and patient outcomes. Done through actions and words nurses choose. Nurses communicate that patients are valued and cared about: irrespective of level of disability, disfigurement, or debilitation** Communication that their lives are important and their beliefs.
