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Job satisfaction of nurses in a public hospital with a high number of HIV and AIDS patients

M.Sc.(Nursing), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, 2009 / The purpose of this research was to investigate job satisfaction and the impact of HIV and
AIDS on nurses in a public hospital in Gauteng.
The problems that generated this study included absenteeism, low morale and negativity of
nurses working with patients in the presence of the HIV/AIDS crisis.
A quantitative research method was used. The sample size comprised 248 nurses from all
categories. The Measure of Job Satisfaction was the framework used which covers issues
such as remuneration, security, growth, social and supervisory aspects. The framework for
the HIV/AIDS section of the research was the Government policy on HIV/AIDS.
Results showed job satisfaction was adversely affected by staff shortages, workload,
frustrations with management, remuneration, lack of developmental opportunities and
equipment. Analysis of the open-ended responses showed ambivalence amongst nurses
towards nursing HIV/AIDS patients. Some expressed sadness and fear while others found
their caring role fulfilled.
The study indicated that facilitating development of staff, improving management skills,
providing staff and equipment will all impact positively on job satisfaction. In addition, a
deliberate effort needs to be made to plan debriefing/counselling services for nurses as
well as ongoing HIV training.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:wits/oai:wiredspace.wits.ac.za:10539/7306
Date22 September 2009
CreatorsHennessy, Elaine
Source SetsSouth African National ETD Portal
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis
Formatapplication/pdf

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