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Job satisfaction of community nurses working with people with a mental handicap
Author(s) -
Parahoo Kader,
Barr Owen
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1994.20061046.x
Subject(s) - mental handicap , job satisfaction , nursing , psychology , mental health , job dissatisfaction , medicine , psychiatry , social psychology
There is a dearth of studies on the job satisfaction of community nurses, especially those working with people with a mental handicap, in the United Kingdom This paper reports on some of the data gathered as part of a survey of community nurses (mental handicap) (CNMH) in Northern Ireland in 1992 A 25‐item questionnaire was sent to all 50 CNMH The response rate was 72% The results showed that most of these CNMH rated then‐ level of satisfaction as high or very high Additionally, they identified a number of factors which contributed to then‐ job satisfaction and/or dissatisfaction These findings have implications for theory building, methodology and nursing practice