J Korean Acad Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs.  2014 Sep;23(3):135-143. 10.12934/jkpmhn.2014.23.3.135.

Relationship of Psychiatric Nurse Image, Job Satisfaction and Assertiveness of Psychiatric Mental Health Nurses

• Cho YH

• KMID: 2001115
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.12934/jkpmhn.2014.23.3.135

Abstract

PURPOSE
This study was done to investigate the relation between psychiatric nurse image, job satisfaction and assertiveness of psychiatric mental health nurses.
METHODS
The participants for this study were 159 psychiatric nurses in G-city and J-province. The instruments were the Psychiatric Nurses Image Scale, Job Satisfaction Scale, and Assertiveness Scale. Collected data were analyzed using mean, t-test, ANOVA, and Pearson' correlation coefficients with the SPSS/WIN 20.0 program.
RESULTS
Mean scores for psychiatric nurse image, job satisfaction, and assertiveness, were 3.9+/-0.5 and 3.3+/-0.4 and 93.5+/-12.0 respectively. Significant positive correlations were found between psychiatric nurse image and job satisfaction (r=.51, p<.001), and assertiveness (r=.25, p=.002).
CONCLUSION
The result indicate that nurses with higher levels of psychiatric nurses image disposition exhibit positive job satisfaction, and assertiveness. Therefore it would be helpful to provide intervention programs to improve the psychiatric nurse image, job satisfaction, and assertiveness of psychiatric nurses.

Keyword

Psychiatric nurse; Image; Job satisfaction; Assertiveness

MeSH Terms

Assertiveness*
Job Satisfaction*
Mental Health*