Job Satisfaction of Nurses During Covid-19 Pandemic

Job satisfaction of medical workers is an essential element of providing healthcare services. Ample empirical evidence supports the cause-and-effect relationship between employee job satisfaction and patient security and quality of care provided. This paper considers the job satisfaction of nurses during the Covid-19 pandemic with regard to their years of employment, age, professional education, job position, possibility of advancement, relationship with the superiors, and organization of work. A standardized survey with a job satisfaction scale was used for data collection. The survey was completed from 23 June to 13 July 2020 by 27 out of the 50 nurses working at the Covid-designated hospital in Leskovac, Serbia. The results showed that the employees with fewer years of employment were more satisfied than their more experienced co-workers. The results on the entire job satisfaction scale showed that 2.6% of the respondents were very dissatisfied, 28.3% neither satisfied nor dissatisfied, while only 9.3% were very satisfied with their job. One of the main reasons for such response distribution is the lack of career advancement options. This research found that organizational commitment, job satisfaction, and years of experience are significant predictors of successful work for the nurses.