| Learning Objective #1: Increase understanding of factors affecting community health nurses' experiences in the work place | |||
| Learning Objective #2: Explore strategies to support recruitment and retention in community health nursing |
Our purpose was to examine issues, created by the nursing shortage that many countries are now facing, from the perspective of employers involved in recruiting and retaining nurses in the Community Health Sector. This descriptive correlational study included a random sample of nurses working in community settings recruited through a mailed questionnaire. Measures of Organizational Factors, Job Related Factors(Working Conditions, Autonomy/Control, Job Challenge, Work Demands, Working Conditions, and Salary), as well as Job Satisfiers were included. Respondents included Community Nurses, working both full and part-time. The nurses worked in four sectors: public health (health promotion), direct home care and community care assessment services, as well as clinics–where many were employed as nurse practitioners. Preliminary findings indicate that nurses across sectors wanted greater opportunities to participate in decision-making and recognition for their contributions to their organizations. Salary was the greatest dissatisfier expressed by these community nurses.Regression analysis is ongoing to determine predictors of job satisfaction in nurses across the different sectors. If nurse managers are to be able to successfully recruit and retain their nursing employees in community settings it will be essential that they attend to the concerns expressed by nurses and work towards creating a work setting that will be attractive to new recruits and retain them in their employ.
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