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Relationship Between Pediatric Oncology Nurses' Management of Patients' Symptoms and Job Satisfaction

Department of Education, Clinical Practice and Research, Sarasota Memorial Hospital, 1700 South Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL 34239, Jennifer-rheingans{at}smh.com

The purpose of this article is to describe the results of a study examining the relationship between nurses' management of pediatric oncology patients' symptoms and job satisfaction. Surveys were mailed to a national sample of pediatric oncology nurses to assess the presence of symptoms in their patients, the nurses' distress from the patients' symptoms, the interventions used to manage the symptoms, the perceived effectiveness of the interventions, and the nurses' job satisfaction. Based on the stress response sequence model, study hypotheses proposed that nurses' symptom management affects nurses' distress and, in turn, job satisfaction. Hierarchical regression analyses were used to evaluate the hypotheses and study model. Results demonstrated that both the number of nursing interventions and the perceived effectiveness of nursing interventions were significant as mediators in predicting nurses' distress. The overall study model contributed significantly in predicting overall job satisfaction.

Key Words: Key words: interventions • distress • children • cancer

This version was published on November 1, 2008

Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing, Vol. 25, No. 6, 312-322 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/1043454208323296


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