Abstract:
Nursing profession plays a significant role in treating the patient at hospitals. They are
expected to play several roles such as educator, counselor, health care facilitator and
patient advocator. Currently, several nurses have been felt dissatisfaction in their jobs
due to various factors including the Covid 19 pandemic. The aim of this study was to
assess the job satisfaction levels and associated factors of female nurses at Killinochchi
General Hospital. A cross sectional study was conducted among the female nurses
from the Kilinochchi general hospital. A sample of 103 female nurses was selected by
using a simple random sampling technique. Self-administered questionnaire and Dawit
tatek employee’s satisfaction scale were used to measure the job satisfaction levels and
associated factors among the nurses. The data were analysed through the SPSS 21 and
statistical techniques T-test, ANOVA and regression analysis were used to present the
findings. This study revealed that the mean score of female nurses’ job satisfaction was
3.26. It showed female nurses expressed dissatisfaction with their profession. Further
regression analysis showed that psychological factors (R2
value, 0.163), personal factors
(R2
value, 0.099), working environment (R2
value, 0.556) and monthly income (R2
value, 0.112) were impact female nurses job satisfaction. Hospital management should
take necessary steps to improve the female nurses’ job satisfaction. Future researchers
are necessary to consider and examine other variables, factors and indicators related to
female nurses’ job satisfaction.
