부산대학교 도서관

Background: In investigating related factors of job satisfaction, the spiritual health of nurses is often neglected and needs to be further explored. Objectives: The purposes of this study were to explore the relationship between spiritual health and job satisfaction of nurses and identify possible predictors. Method: A cross-sectional design was used in this study, where 455 nurses were conveniently recruited from two teaching hospitals in southern Taiwan. The survey data were collected by using demographic lists of the respondents, and applying the Spiritual Health Scale and the Job Satisfaction Scale. Results: The results indicated a significantly positive correlation between nurses' spiritual health and job satisfaction (r = .38, p ＜ .01). The predictors of nurses' spiritual health were 'job satisfaction', 'fixed nightshift system', 'have taken spiritual courses', and 'being a Christian or Catholic'. The predictors of nurses' job satisfaction were 'spiritual health', 'awareness of social support', 'awareness of physical health' and 'work in shifts'. Conclusion/practical application: Nurses' spiritual health might have high correlation with job satisfaction. More spiritual courses could be included into the Continuing Education curriculum in clinical settings and administrators could pay more attention to nightshift nurses as well. Both the above recommendations might improve nurses' spiritual health and promote job satisfaction, thereby increase nurses' willingness to continue employment.