Staff Nurses Perception Regarding their Rights and its’ Influence on Career Satisfaction

Abstract

Organization are facing several challenges due to the dynamic nature of the environment. One of the many challenges is to satisfy its employees in order to cope up with the ever changing and evolving environment and to achieve success and remain in competition. In order to increase efficiency, effectiveness, productivity, career satisfaction of employees, the organization must satisfy the needs of its employees by providing good working conditions by ensuring their rights. Rights are entitlements that come with birth and recognized by the legal system. Human rights, in the field of health science, have been disused mostly within the context of patient rights. The rights of healthcare workers have been ignored or overlooked. It is noted that nurse rights have not been sufficiently addressed in the last decade, whereas their duties towards patients have been discussed in various ways Nurses rights consist of the right to perform the profession, setting respect from other health professionals and the society. Enhancing the social status that the profession brings and the right to practice in a healthy, secure and ethical environment. They are also related to defending patient interests, using their expertise to provide care to patients and accrued rights of nurse obtained by education and work experience