Job Satisfaction Among Family Nurse Practitioners in the United States Air Force

摘要

Increasing numbers of Family Nurse Practitioners (FNPs) are being utilized within the Air Force. Nurse Practitioners provide patient education, acute care, and prevention services at lower cost due to the lower cost of training and lower salaries than physicians, without jeopardizing care. Creating an optimal working relationship, can help the new FNP integrate into their new role successfully. The purpose of this descriptive study is to describe and assess the factors affecting job satisfaction among FNPs in the Air Force. The conceptual framework to guide this study is based on Frederick Herzberg's theory of job satisfaction. Identifying the factors affecting job satisfaction, can help team members, supervisors and the new FNPs smoothly transition to the provider role. The entire population of 32 Air Force FNPs were surveyed using the Measurement of Job Satisfaction tool developed by Traynor and Wade. The 44 item tool contains questions related to seven categories: personal, workload, training, standards of care, pay, prospects, and professional support satisfaction.