[A study of the satisfaction of public health nurses on home visiting service]

"Home visit" expands its service from previous health maintenance to current continuous health care. It is always one of the popular methods of public health nurses in approaching their community population. Currently, home visit is still an important task for public health nurses in health stations. The purpose of this study was to explore the satisfaction among public health nurses in home health services. In addition, related factors that influence the satisfaction were to be explored. A structured questionnaire was used for data collection. In this study, the interviewees were 67 public health nurses in 11 health stations in Kaohsiung. Factor analysis was used to study the components of the satisfaction. There were five components of satisfaction: (1) administrative policy of the agencies, (2) sense of frustration and accomplishment when encountering clients' health problems, (3) clients' responses, (4) support system and availability of equipment, and (5) self assertiveness and cultivation of professional capacity. We found in this study that the percentage satisfaction among public health nurses was around 60%. The working years of nursing was significantly correlated with satisfaction of public health nurses.