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Level/Indicators of Job Satisfaction Among Unlicensed Assistive Personnel Employed in Acute Care

Ursin, Ronnie
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=casednp1424367466

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2011, Doctor of Nursing Practice , Case Western Reserve University, School of Nursing.
Unlicensed Assistive Personnel (UAP) provide important components of basic patient care in both long term care (LTC) and acute care (AC) settings (McIntyre, 2008). UAP share responsibilities for personal care with the registered nurse (RN) and may be responsible for bathing, grooming, ambulating, and feeding patients along with selected specimen management. Because LTC and AC settings differ in characteristics and because job descriptions of UAP in LTC and AC differ, the levels of job satisfaction may also differ. Level of job satisfaction is important because it is recognized as contributing to the level of care quality and to the UAP’s intent to remain employed. The purpose of this descriptive correlation study was to identify the level of job satisfaction among UAP employed in AC. A total of 35 eligible UAP employed at AC hospitals in two separate southern states in the United States (US) completed the Castle (2007) Nursing Home Nurse Aide - Job Satisfaction Questionnaire (NHNA-JSQ). Participants ranged in age from 25 to 63 years with a mean age of 39.8 years, 34 were female, 32 identified themselves as black from among the seven racial categories available, 32 had graduated from high school, and just over half (18) had some college education. UAP employed at the study sites were, overall, satisfied with their job and on a scale of 1 to 10 would recommend working at their respective places of employment. Additional research with a larger sample across additional settings and seeking input from UAP about what they, themselves, find satisfying is needed in order to identify strategies that could be adopted to enhance their job satisfaction in AC settings.
Laura J. Nosek, PhD (Committee Chair)
Diana Lynn Morris, PhD (Committee Member)
Bettye Davis-Lewis, EdD (Committee Member)
81 p.
Communication; Health; Health Care; Health Care Management; Management; Nursing; Personal Relationships
Job satisfaction; unlicensed assistive personnel; certified nursing assistants; patient care technicians; nursing; patient care; acute care; long-term care;

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  • Ursin, R. (2011). Level/Indicators of Job Satisfaction Among Unlicensed Assistive Personnel Employed in Acute Care [Doctoral dissertation, Case Western Reserve University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=casednp1424367466

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Ursin, Ronnie. Level/Indicators of Job Satisfaction Among Unlicensed Assistive Personnel Employed in Acute Care. 2011. Case Western Reserve University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=casednp1424367466.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Ursin, Ronnie. "Level/Indicators of Job Satisfaction Among Unlicensed Assistive Personnel Employed in Acute Care." Doctoral dissertation, Case Western Reserve University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=casednp1424367466

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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