Examining The Relationship Between Job Satisfaction and Compliance with Isolation Precautions in Nurses

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Objective: This study was conducted to examine whether there is a relationship between nurses’ job satisfaction and their compliance with isolation measures. Method: This was a descriptive study. The study was conducted on nurses working in a university hospital in Istanbul (N=878). The study was completed with a total of 659 nurses who volunteered to participate. The Nurse Information Form and the Minnesota Job Satisfaction Scale and Compliance with Isolation Precautions Scale were used in the study. In addition to descriptive statistical methods, Student’s t Test, Mann Whitney U Test, Pearson correlation analysis and Spearman correlation analysis were used. Results: In the study, nurses’ mean Job Satisfaction was 3.16±0.71 and mean Compliance with Isolation Precautions was 4.16±0.55. It was determined that there was a statistically significant relationship between the Route of Infection sub-dimension of the Compliance with Isolation Precautions Scale and Intrinsic Satisfaction, Extrinsic Satisfaction, and Job Satisfaction (p<0.01). Conclusion: In the study, it was found that nurses’ job satisfaction was at a moderate level and their compliance with isolation precautions was at a high level; job satisfaction and compliance with isolation measures were related; factors such as educational status, working style, clinic, and department were effective on job satisfaction and compliance with isolation measures.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Nursing
• job satisfaction
• compliance with isolation precautions

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