Nurse Job Satisfaction/Dissatisfaction

This research critiques an article by Joan Pfaff (1987, pp. 5155) that concerned a study of job satisfaction/dissatisfaction among registered nurses in longterm care facilities. This critique is presented in discussions covering (1) an overview of the article, (2) the literature review in the article, (3) the theoretical/conceptual framework of the article, (4) the study hypothesis, (5) the research population and sample, (6) the findings of the article, (7) the indicated implications of the study findings, and (8) the recommendations made by the author of the article.

This article was written by the individual, Joan Pfaff, who conducted the study, the results of which were reported in the article. Ms Pfaff was, at the time this article was written, a Supervisor at the Columbia Nursing Home in Wyonena, Wisconsin. Ms Pfaff was also a registered nurse with a Master of Science degree in Nursing Research. Her credentials supported her qualifications to perform the research conducted.

The purpose of the study reported in the article was "to examine selected factors which result in job satisfaction/ dissatisfaction of nurses employed in longterm care facilities" (Pfaff, 1987, p. 51). The author of the article supported the importance of the research topic by noting that: (1) "If resident care is to be of the highest quality

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and eight of the 13 sources cited were at least nineandonehalf years old at the time the article was published. With respect to the actual studies of job satisfaction/ dissatisfaction among registered nurses reported in the literature review in the article, a diversity of points of view were reported. With respect to underlying theory, however, the views of only Frederick Herzberg were reported. Theoretical/Conceptual Framework The theoretical/conceptual framework developed for the study was based on the work of Frederick Herzberg. This framework was relevant to the problem investigated in the study reported in the article. No other sources were reported in relation to the theory underlying job satisfaction/dissatisfaction. The theoretical/conceptual framework for the study would have been stronger had Ms Pfaff cited other sources in the theoretical discussion, and then had justified her selection of Herzberg as the foundation for the theoretical/conceptual framework developed for the study. Study Hypothesis An hypothesis was not formulated for and tested in the study reported in the article. The study was "descriptive and nonexperimental in nature" (Pfaff, 1987, p. 53). As an alternative to the testing of an hy
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Approximate Word count = 1597
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page)

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