This research critiques five articles dealing with job satisfaction among professional nurses. The articles are critiqued within the contexts of introductory materials (including problem statement and literature review), basis in theory, significance to nursing practice, hypothesis statement, definition of terms, research design, population and sample, instrumentation, confidence limits, and research conclusions. The articles critiqued are as follows:
Blegen, Mary A. (1993, January February). Nurses' job satisfaction: A meta analysis of related variables. Nursing Research, 42(1), 36 41.
Blegen, Mary A., & Mueller, Charles W. (1987). Nurses' job satisfaction: A longitudinal analysis. Research in Nursing & Health, 10, 227 237.
Kramer, Marlene, & Hafner, Laurin P. (1989, May/June). Shared values: Impact on staff nurse job satisfaction and perceived productivity. Nursing Research, 38(3), 172 177.
Lucas, Mary D. (1991, March April). Management style and staff nurse job satisfaction. Journal of Professional Nursing, 7(2), 119 125.
Slavitt, Dinah B., Stamps, Paula L., Piedmont, Eugene B., & Hasse, Ann Marie B. (1978, March April). Nurses' satisfaction with their work. Nursing Research, 27(2), 114 120.
Within the context of problem statement, Blegen (1993, p. 36) clearly stated the reason that job satisfaction among nurses in significant. Blegen (1993, p. 36) narrowed the issue by observing that, while numerous studies have identified causal factors associated with levels of job satisfaction among nurses, the relative significance of theses factors had not been established. The determination of such significance was concisely identified as the problem investigated. An earlier study by Blegen and Mueller (1987, p. 227) also established the significance to nursing of job satisfaction among nurses. Blegen and Mueller (1987, p. 227) considered the various dimension of the concept of job satisfaction, and narrowed the proble...