Empowerment versus Job Satisfaction among Nurses

Abstract

ABSTRACT Background: Nurses need to be motivated to be able to provide quality of patient care. The aim of this study was to investigate empowerment and job satisfaction among nurses working at the Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Ain Shams University. Setting, Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital. Research design was correlational study included a Purposive sample of 100 staff nurses. Tools, A self-administered questionnaire was used for data collection. included the Conditions of Work Effectiveness, the Psychological Empowerment, and the Job Satisfaction questionnaire. The results showed that nurses’ age ranged between 20 and 40 years, 53% had a diploma degree. In total, 29% had high work empowerment, 89% had high total psychological empowerment, 28% had high total empowerment, and 66% had high job satisfaction. Conclusion empowerment and job satisfaction were inter-correlated, and were influenced by nurse’s age, marital status, and qualification, in addition to the number of nurses in the unit. The study recommends more efforts to empower staff nurses through increasing the availability of resources and work supplies, providing