Sjuksköterskans arbetstillfredsställelse och psykosociala arbetsmiljö inom psykiatrisk vård

Sammanfattning:   To enjoy work, and be satisfied in the work you do, is important to most people. Work scientific research shows that dissatisfaction with physical or the psychosocial work environment often gives negative effects on the performed work. The purpose of our study is to chart the experience in work satisfaction and psychosocial work environment amongst nurses within psychiatric care. It is an empiric cross section study. The participants in the study contains nurses who are either employed on a conditional tenure or have a temporary post (>3 months) in policlinics and wards in general adult psychiatric care (n=126). In the study a PAK/AK questionnaire (psychosocial work environment/ work satisfaction-survey) was used. The form includes 49 questions which were analyzed in the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS).  The outcome shows that there is a considerable dissatisfaction with salary, advantages, and possibilities for personal development. Nurses who work in policlinics are more satisfied compared to nurses who work in wards. They feel that they have possibilities to decide how the work should be performed, possibilities to learn new things and they feel that they have support from the employer when it comes to education. Almost everyone thinks that it is important to use their capacity and competence in their work. The participants are relatively satisfied with the work climate created by the employer.  The most negative answer as to workload is about the psychological strain, which is to be tired and exhausted after work, and stress. The frequency of psychosomatic pain is low, but the work described as difficult in a mental aspect. The study shows no connection between how work satisfaction can affect the nursing - an important aspect in the nurses work.