Determining the Relationship Among Change Fatigue, Resilience, and Job Satisfaction of Hospital Staff Nurses

<p><strong>Purpose:</strong> The purpose of the study was to determine if there is a relationship among change fatigue, resilience, and job satisfaction of hospital staff nurses and if differences exist between novice and experienced staff nurses.</p> <p><strong>Background:</strong> Healthcare is typified by change. Organizational changes have a negative impact on nurses and the effects of organizational change are being overlooked and under researched. Change fatigue is a result of constant organizational change and has not been researched with nurses.</p> <p><strong>Methods:</strong> The study utilized a descriptive correlational design. Participants completed an online survey, using three tools: Change Fatigue Scale, Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC), and McCloskey/Mueller Satisfaction Scale (MMSS). Results: The participants were 535 hospital staff nurses. The findings of the study report a significant difference between novice and experienced staff nurses in change fatigue (t = -2.9, p = .003), resilience (t = -2.3, p =.01), and job satisfaction (t= -2.0, p = .04). Experienced nurses had higher change fatigue, resilience, and job satisfaction mean scores. The study also found a significant negative association between change fatigue and job satisfaction (r = -.295, p = .000) and change fatigue and resilience (r = -.145, p .002). A significant positive association was found between resilience and job satisfaction (r =.251, p = .000). Multiple linear regression found that years of experience was not significant with change fatigue, resilience, and job satisfaction. Magnet status, unit employed, and marital status are predictor variables of job satisfaction. Education and unit employed are predictor variables of resilience. Education, gender, and hospital size are predictor variables of change fatigue. Linear trend found as size of facility and number of beds increases, change fatigue increases and as education increases, change fatigue decreases.</p> <p><strong>Conclusions:</strong> The study provided new knowledge of the relationship among change fatigue, resilience, and job satisfaction of hospital staff nurses. This new knowledge will assist nursing leaders to become more aware of the effects of change fatigue and develop interventions to prevent change fatigue of hospital staff nurses, which in turn may increase job satisfaction and retention rates.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation - Open Access

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Graduate Nursing

Year dc:date.available

2016

Author dc:creator

• Brown, Robin

Contributors dc:contributor

• Kay Foland

• change fatigue
• nursing job satisfaction
• resilience
• organizational change
• Transactional Model of Stress and Coping
• Nursing

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• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Language dc:language

en

Repository record dc:identifier

https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/etd/964

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oai:openprairie.sdstate.edu:etd-1967