Predictors of nurse's happiness:a systematic review

摘要

Objective:An acute shortage of nurses exists all over the world.Part of this shortage appears to be due to nurses’low job satisfaction,low retention,and high turnover.Happiness at work is identified as a contributing factor that determines the shortage of nurses across the world.This paper critically appraised the existing scientific articles that assessed the individual and organizational predictors of happiness among nurses.Methods:The systematic review was conducted from August 2010 to August 2020 using Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses(PRISMA)guidelines.Scientific articles were searched in the electronic databases(Scopus,Medline,CINAHL,Psych INFO,and Pubmed Central)on the predictors of happiness among nurses.Results:A total of 13 articles were selected following the literature search and a thematic analysis was done.This review provides updated evidence on the predictors of nurses’happiness.Job-related predictors were identified as organizational predictors;and personal,psychological,family,social,and spiritual predictors were reported to be the individual predictors.Conclusions:As both individual and organizational predictors determine the happiness of nurses,the authors recommend the need for future interventional studies to increase the nurses’happiness,their mental health,and health-related quality of life.