Job satisfaction of certified registered nurse anesthetists in Tennessee

Job satisfaction had been linked with improved job performance, increased productivity, decreased absenteeism, decreased job turnover rates and increased quality of care. For these reasons, employers have sought to determine what constitutes job satisfaction and what factors affect it. A wealth of information is available regarding job satisfaction in general and job satisfaction of nurses, yet little research has been done related to the job satisfaction of CRNAs. The purpose of this study was to evaluate overall job satisfaction of CRNAs; to evaluate CRNAs' level of intrinsic and extrinsic satisfaction as components of overall satisfaction; and to explore the effects of selected demographic variables on overall job satisfaction, intrinsic satisfaction, and extrinsic satisfaction. The Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire was used to measure overall job satisfaction, intrinsic job satisfaction and extrinsic job satisfaction. The researcher found CRNA overall job satisfaction score was 64.1 on the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire-Long Form. This was lower than the normreferenced groups. In addition, CRNAs had higher intrinsic than extrinsic job satisfaction. This study found CRNAs working in a rural setting had higher intrinsic and overall job satisfaction than did CRNAs working in an urban setting. Also, CRNAs working in hospitals of less than 200 beds had a statistically significant higher extrinsic job satisfaction than CRNAs working in larger hospitals. This study also found that CRNAs making an annual salary between $126,000 and $150,000 had a statistically significant higher extrinsic job CRNAs making $125,000 or less. CRNAs with an annual salary between $101,000 and $125,000 had a statistically significant higher intrinsic satisfaction than did CRNAs making between $51,000 and $75,000.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Author dc:creator

• Nelson, Kelly M.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Smith, Maria
• Davis, Lloyd; Holder, Pam
• College of Health, Education, and Professional Studies

• Nurse anesthetists--Tennessee
• Nurses--Job satisfaction--United States--Tennessee

Licence

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

Language dc:language

English, eng

Identifier

LB2369.2 .N447 1999

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholar.utc.edu:theses-2103