Yousaf Aziz, Muhammad Waleed, Abdul Rehman.
Job satisfaction among doctors and nurses of Shalamar hospital.
Pak J Med Health Sci Jan ;13(4):1021-3.

Background : Job satisfaction is the affective orientation that an employee has towards his work. Greater physician satisfaction is associated with greater patient adherence and satisfaction while nurses’ job satisfaction has great impact on organizational success . Aim: To determine the level of satisfaction among doctors and nurses. Methodology : A qualitative study was undertaken on 115 candidates in Shalamar hospital among which 62 were doctors and 53 were nurses to interpret job satisfaction to understand the factors which are affecting their working climate. It is cross sectional descriptive study . After data collection it was entered on computer using SPSS. For quantitative data mean ± standard deviation was used. For qualitative data frequency distribution tables were used. Results: In a study of job satisfaction among doctors and nurses in Shalimar hospital conducted by students of Shalimar medical and dental college there were 115 professionals among which 62 (52.1%) were doctors and 53 (44 .5%) were nurses. Among 115 professionals 20 (16.8%) were assistant professors, 15 (12.6%) were house officers, 17 (14.2%) were medical officers, 8(6.7%) nurses, 1 (0.8%) male nurse, 2 (1.6%) pharmacists, 7 (5.8%) were post graduate trainees, 1 (0.8%) R.N, 1 (0.8%) senior registrar, 42 (35.3%) staff nurses and 1 (0.8%) was senior nurse. Conclusion: Our study documented a relatively high level of overall satisfaction among doctors and nurses of Shalamar hospital. Considering the factors responsible for high level of satisfaction are dedications, consistency and hard work.

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