[A survey on working satisfaction of nurses]

A descriptive survey was performed in the home care service of Azienda ULSS 16 of Padova at a sample of nurses. The aim of this study was to identify working experience aspects which represent satisfaction or dissatisfaction factors. A questionnaire was administered to the 63 nurses of the service, in the same day. 53 nurses (84%) declare themselves satisfied or very satisfied for the way their job stimulates the development of new capabilities, the same for freedom of choice the way of working, while 43 (68%) are satisfied or very satisfied for profession in general. 55 (87%) state to be unsatisfied or not much satisfied for the relation between wages and responsibility, and 42 (67%) for career opportunity. Working satisfaction is mainly caused by the quality of the relation with patient and his family for 45 nurses (71%); this aspect also prevails satisfaction linked to the opportunity of working in autonomy (29, 46%).