Job burnout and job satisfaction in home health care nursing.

摘要

The purpose of this research study was to determine the levels of job burnout and job satisfaction experienced by home health care nurses. The study was conducted at a for-profit home health care agency. Maslach's Burnout Inventory (Maslach & Jackson, 1986) and the Index of Work Satisfaction Questionnaire Part B (Stamps, 1997) were used to assess job burnout and job satisfaction among the home health nurses. Participants consisted of a convenience sample of 17 home health care nurses. Data collected was analyzed using descriptive statistics and publisher supplied scoring manuals. Twenty surveys were distributed to the home health care nurses. Of the 20 surveys, 17 were completed and returned. The study determined that no home health care nurse working for this particular agency experienced burnout. The home health care nurses expressed minimal satisfaction in the autonomy they possessed at work and expressed dissatisfaction in their task requirements.