SELECTED FACTORS OF SLOVAK NURSES' JOB SATISFACTION.

Aim: The objective of this contribution was to present nurses´ job satisfaction in Slovak institutional facilities related to selected characteristics of nurses (e.g. length of professional experience, current job title, etc). Design: A cross-sectional study. Methods: The research sample was composed of 206 nurses working in institutional healthcare facilities in Slovakia between the ages of 23 to 63. Nurses´ job satisfaction was surveyed using the standardized form of the McCloskey/Mueller Satisfaction Scale. The research was realized in Slovak healthcare facilities between December 2014 to January 2015. The respondents replied on-line to a questionnaire that was published on the SKSaPA website. Significant interaction of two qualitative variables was evaluated using Mann-Whitney test with ZAdj statistics, Kruskal-Wallis with H test statistics and correlation analysis with Spearmann correlation coefficient r(S). Results: The statistical processing found a statistically significant correlation between general satisfaction and total length of professional experience (p = 0.907) and also between nurses´ general satisfaction and current job title (p = 0.091). We found significant correlations between current job title in a healthcare facility and the three sub-scales: satisfaction with scheduling (p = 0.030); satisfaction with professional opportunities (p = 0.026); and satisfaction with control and responsibility (p = 0.020). The overall satisfaction score was = 2.94. The highest mean was achieved in the sub-scale Satisfaction with co-workers ( = 3.52) and the lowest mean in the sub-scale Satisfaction with control and responsibility ( = 2.73). Conclusion: The results of this research demonstrate the need to investigate nurses´ job satisfaction with a focus on the identification of factors determining this multi-faceted phenomenon. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]