Farzaneh Gholami Motlagh1, Monir Nobahar2, Nayyereh Raiesdana3. 1. Student Research Committee, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran. 2. Nursing Care Research Center, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran; Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran; Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran. Electronic address: Nobahar43@semums.ac.ir. 3. Nursing Care Research Center, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran; Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Nurses' job satisfaction has a direct impact on the quality of their performance, especially in the emergency department, which is a showcase of care in hospitals, since, nurses' moral performance is greatly affected by moral intelligence, Adherence to ethics by nurses, underlies the social capital of the organization. METHODS: The present study was a cross-sectional, descriptive-correlational study. 99 nurses working in the emergency department of medical educational centers in Semnan, Iran, were selected by simple random sampling. Data were collected by questionnaires: demographic information, job satisfaction, moral intelligence and social capital of nurses. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and analytical statistics in SPSS software. All P-values <0.05 were considered statistically significant. RESULTS: The mean and standard deviation of job satisfaction, moral intelligence, and social capital scores were 51.24 ± 12.03, 148.48 ± 19.05, and 43.45 ± 7.28, respectively. Job satisfaction did not have a significant relationship with moral intelligence and its domains, but it had a significant relationship with social capital and its domains (P = 0.002). CONCLUSION: Due to the significant relationship between job satisfaction and social capital, Nurses' satisfaction and attitude toward the job can be improved by creating a context for progress and self-actualization.
INTRODUCTION: Nurses' job satisfaction has a direct impact on the quality of their performance, especially in the emergency department, which is a showcase of care in hospitals, since, nurses' moral performance is greatly affected by moral intelligence, Adherence to ethics by nurses, underlies the social capital of the organization. METHODS: The present study was a cross-sectional, descriptive-correlational study. 99 nurses working in the emergency department of medical educational centers in Semnan, Iran, were selected by simple random sampling. Data were collected by questionnaires: demographic information, job satisfaction, moral intelligence and social capital of nurses. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and analytical statistics in SPSS software. All P-values <0.05 were considered statistically significant. RESULTS: The mean and standard deviation of job satisfaction, moral intelligence, and social capital scores were 51.24 ± 12.03, 148.48 ± 19.05, and 43.45 ± 7.28, respectively. Job satisfaction did not have a significant relationship with moral intelligence and its domains, but it had a significant relationship with social capital and its domains (P = 0.002). CONCLUSION: Due to the significant relationship between job satisfaction and social capital, Nurses' satisfaction and attitude toward the job can be improved by creating a context for progress and self-actualization.