Job Satisfaction and Its Determinants among Nurse Anesthetists in Clinical Practice: The Botswana Experience
Job satisfaction (JS) correlates positively with patients’ satisfaction and outcomes and employees’ well-being. In Botswana, the level of job satisfaction and its determinants among nurse anesthetists were not investigated. A cross-sectional study was conducted from January 2020 to June 2020 encompa...
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| description | Job satisfaction (JS) correlates positively with patients’ satisfaction and outcomes and employees’ well-being. In Botswana, the level of job satisfaction and its determinants among nurse anesthetists were not investigated. A cross-sectional study was conducted from January 2020 to June 2020 encompassing all nurse anesthetists in clinical practice in Botswana. A self-administered questionnaire was used that incorporated demographic data, reasons to stay on or leave their job, and a validated 20-item short form of the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire which was pretested on five of our nurse anesthetists. Percentage is used to describe the data. The independence of categorical variables was examined using chi-square or Fisher’s exact test. p value <0.05 was considered statistically significant. In Botswana, a total of 76 nurse anesthetists were in clinical practice during the study period. Sixty-six (86.9%) responded to the survey. Gender distribution was even, 50.0%. The overall JS was 36.4%. Males had significantly higher JS than females, p=0.001. Significantly higher job satisfaction was found in married nurse anesthetists (p=0.039), expatriate nurse anesthetists (p=0.001), nurse anesthetists in non-referral hospitals (p=0.023), and nurse anesthetists with ≥10 years’ experience (p=0.019). Nurse anesthetists were satisfied with security, social service, authority, ability utilization, and responsibility in ≥60.0% of the cases. They were not satisfied in compensation, working condition, and advancement in a similar percentage. The main reason to stay on their job was to serve the public in 68.2%. In Botswana, employers should make an effort to address the working conditions, compensation, and advancement of nurse anesthetists in clinical practice. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-409e0588e8064352bc515783e6dbeb7f2025-08-20T03:55:33ZengWileyAnesthesiology Research and Practice1687-69621687-69702021-01-01202110.1155/2021/57395845739584Job Satisfaction and Its Determinants among Nurse Anesthetists in Clinical Practice: The Botswana ExperienceMamo Woldu Kassa0Alemayehu Ginbo Bedada1Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Faculty of Medicine, University of Botswana, Gaborone, BotswanaDepartment of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Botswana, Gaborone, BotswanaJob satisfaction (JS) correlates positively with patients’ satisfaction and outcomes and employees’ well-being. In Botswana, the level of job satisfaction and its determinants among nurse anesthetists were not investigated. A cross-sectional study was conducted from January 2020 to June 2020 encompassing all nurse anesthetists in clinical practice in Botswana. A self-administered questionnaire was used that incorporated demographic data, reasons to stay on or leave their job, and a validated 20-item short form of the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire which was pretested on five of our nurse anesthetists. Percentage is used to describe the data. The independence of categorical variables was examined using chi-square or Fisher’s exact test. p value <0.05 was considered statistically significant. In Botswana, a total of 76 nurse anesthetists were in clinical practice during the study period. Sixty-six (86.9%) responded to the survey. Gender distribution was even, 50.0%. The overall JS was 36.4%. Males had significantly higher JS than females, p=0.001. Significantly higher job satisfaction was found in married nurse anesthetists (p=0.039), expatriate nurse anesthetists (p=0.001), nurse anesthetists in non-referral hospitals (p=0.023), and nurse anesthetists with ≥10 years’ experience (p=0.019). Nurse anesthetists were satisfied with security, social service, authority, ability utilization, and responsibility in ≥60.0% of the cases. They were not satisfied in compensation, working condition, and advancement in a similar percentage. The main reason to stay on their job was to serve the public in 68.2%. In Botswana, employers should make an effort to address the working conditions, compensation, and advancement of nurse anesthetists in clinical practice.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/5739584 |
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