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ASSESSING NURSES’ JOB SATISFACTION AND ITS EFFECTS ON PATIENT EXPERIENCE AND QUALITY OF CARE IN NNAMDI AZIKIWE TEACHING HOSPITAL

Ifeoma Chioma Eze
Published 17 January 2026
Vol. 14, No. 1 (2026)
pp. 1-14
CC BY 4.0
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    Ifeoma Chioma Eze
    Department of Nursing Science, Faculty of Health Science and Technology, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria.
    NG

Nurses are the largest workforce in healthcare facilities, providing 50% - 80% of healthcare services. They play important role in providing quality care to patients, which is important in healthcare. This study determined job satisfaction, patient satisfaction and quality of care of nurses in Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital Nnewi, Anambra State. A descriptive cross-sectional survey was used. A self-administered questionnaire was used to obtain information from 208 nurses, 138 patients and 36 head nurses using simple randomization technique. A pilot testing was carried out with a reliability index of 0.81. Data analysis was performed using Statistical Software for Social Sciences (SPSS) database version 25. Chi square was used to test the significance hypotheses of p < 0.05.The majority of nurses 82 (39.42%) were between ages 41-50 while most of them, 48 (23.08%) had between 11-15 years of experience. Most of the recruited patients (43.48%) were between the ages of 31-46 years and most respondents were female (52.17%). The results also show that the majority of nurses (55.3%) were dissatisfied with their jobs. 84.8% of the patients were satisfied with the quality of nursing care. According to head nurses reports, nurses provided quality care to patients. Communication and team building, training, leadership and management, salary, work itself, work environment, interpersonal relationship were significantly positively associated with overall job satisfaction. Job satisfaction of nurses in this research area was slightly low. On the other hand, patients are quite satisfied with the level of care. Despite nurses’ job satisfaction, they still provide quality care to patients. It recommended that hospital management and government should consider all components of job satisfaction.  

JournalColumbia Journal of Health Education and Nursing
ISSN2998-8179
Volume / IssueVol. 14, No. 1 (2026)
Pages1-14
Published17 January 2026
DOI10.5281/zenodo.19679167
Access Open Access
LicenseCC BY 4.0 — reuse with attribution
PublisherKeith Publications
Eze, I. (2026). ASSESSING NURSES’ JOB SATISFACTION AND ITS EFFECTS ON PATIENT EXPERIENCE AND QUALITY OF CARE IN NNAMDI AZIKIWE TEACHING HOSPITAL. Columbia Journal of Health Education and Nursing, Vol. 14 No. 1, pp. 1-14. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19679167

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