Nursing Staff Perspectives Regarding Career Plateau Management Strategies and its Relation to Job Satisfaction | ||||
| Tanta Scientific Nursing Journal | ||||
| Article 2, Volume 27, Issue 4, October 2022, Page 26-44 PDF (760.9 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/tsnj.2022.267245 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Faten w. Abd- Elwareth1; Heba K. Obied2; Amal H. Abou Rmadan2 | ||||
| 1Bachelor of Nursing, Staff nurse at Tala Central Hiospital, Menofia Governorate. | ||||
| 2Assistant prof. of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University. Egypt. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Career plateau is a significant decisive factor that led to negative work outcomes as decrease in job satisfaction and increase nursing staff turnover intentions when continuing to work in the same job over a long period. Aim: to assess nursing staff perspective regarding career plateau management strategies and their relation to job satisfaction. Subjects and Method: Setting: This study was conducted at Tanta University Main, Emergency, and International Teaching Hospitals. Subjects: consisted of a representative sample (n= 263) of Baccalaureate nursing staff who have more than three years of experience. Tools: two tools were used. Nurses’ career plateau management structured questionnaire and nursing staff satisfaction structured questionnaire. Results: 63% of nursing staff had moderate and high levels of career plateau. 65.0% of nursing staff had moderate double plateau. 46.4% and 43.0% of them had moderate content and structural plateau respectively and 41.1% of them had low professional plateau. 55.5% of nursing staff had high defense, 53.2% of them had moderate reevaluation management strategy and 53.2%of them had low transition management strategy.81.7% of nursing staff were unsatisfied with their job. Conclusions: There were no statistically significant difference among Main, Emergency, and international Teaching Hospitals according to levels of career plateau. There was a statistically significant negative correlation between total nursing staff career plateau and their total job satisfaction. Recommendations: Be on the lookout for early signs of plateauing and take preventive measures such as upgrading skills, diversifying interests, and making long-term career plans. Develop a clear job description and road map for career advancement of nursing staff to reduce career plateauing | ||||
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