Evaluation of job satisfaction in nursing staff of the Dr. Gustavo Domínguez General Hospital, Ecuador

Authors

  • Ruth Calderón Landívar Instituto Superior Tecnológico Adventista del Ecuador. Ecuador Author
  • Joselin Mabel Tigse Yánez Instituto Superior Tecnológico Adventista del Ecuador. Ecuador Author
  • Yoselin Gricelda Garzón Instituto Superior Tecnológico Adventista del Ecuador. Ecuador Author
  • Jenrry Fredy Chávez Arizala Instituto Superior Tecnológico Adventista del Ecuador. Ecuador Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.62486/agsalud2025104

Keywords:

Job satisfaction, Nurses, Nursing team, Hospital care

Abstract

Introduction: personal satisfaction is related to how people see their work, as well as their attitudes towards it. This entity depends on internal and external factors to the worker. Nursing staff, due to the characteristics of the profession, find themselves in many situations. sometimes subjected to situations that cause dissatisfaction with their work environment. This study was conducted with the aim of evaluating job satisfaction in nursing workers.
Methods: a descriptive, observational, cross-sectional study was conducted on 73 nurses from the Dr. Gustavo Dominguez Hospital, Ecuador. A survey was applied using a Google Forms form, consisting of 23 questions structured into the following factors: supervision exercised by their superiors; the physical work environment; material benefits; intrinsic to the work; remuneration, basic benefits, and interpersonal relationships.
Results: males predominated (46.7%), 39.7% were “very dissatisfied” with personal relationships with supervisors, 42.5% were “quite dissatisfied with the physical environment”, only 4.1% were “very satisfied” with salary and career advancement opportunities, and 28.8% rated intrinsic job satisfaction as “quite dissatisfied”.
Conclusions: The presence of job dissatisfaction was identified in more than half of the nursing staff surveyed, with a higher negative assessment of the physical environment and intrinsic satisfaction. The above findings could be interpreted as an indicator of poor functioning and management of services in the institution

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2025-01-01

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Calderón Landívar R, Tigse Yánez JM, Garzón YG, Chávez Arizala JF. Evaluation of job satisfaction in nursing staff of the Dr. Gustavo Domínguez General Hospital, Ecuador. AG Salud [Internet]. 2025 Jan. 1 [cited 2024 Dec. 2];3:104. Available from: https://agsalud.ageditor.org/index.php/agsalud/article/view/104