Job Satisfaction and Its Determinants Among Nurses in Harari Region and Diredawa Administration, Eastern Ethiopia

Background: Nurses job satisfaction is important to provide quality health care services. This study was aimed to determine the nurses’ level of job satisfaction and associated factors in Harari region and Dire-Dawa Administration public health facilities, Eastern Ethiopia..Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in public health facilities from October to April 2012. The data were collected through self-administered questionnaire. Level of job satisfaction was measured using four point Likert scale with the thirty two items mean score as a cutoff point by summing up the satisfaction related items. Multivariate logistic regression model was used to determine the associated factors with job satisfaction. P-value < 0.05 was taken to declare statistical significance.Results: A total of 417 nurses were included in the study. About half of the respondents (51.8%) were found to be satisfied with their job. Factors that include the health center nurses (AOR =1.91, 95%CI =1.14-3.187), female (AOR= 2.3, 95%CI =1.417-3.823),convenient organizational structure for decision (AOR=0.31, 95%CI=0.164-0.571) ,perceived safety of the work environment(AOR=0.41,95%CI=0.237-0.731)and dispute at work place(AOR=3.12,95%CI=1.495-6.503) were factors associated with job satisfaction. Conclusion: Nearly half of the nurses were not satisfied with their current job. Factors that included type of health facility, gender, convenience of the organizational structure, perceived safety of work environment and violence at work place are elements need to be considered in any intervention addressing the job satisfaction of the nurses . Keywords: Job satisfaction, Nurses, Government health facilities