Impact of Nurse–Physician Collaboration, Moral Distress, and Professional Autonomy on Job Satisfaction among Nurses Acting as Physician Assistants

Yunmi Kim, Younjae Oh, Eunhee Lee and Shin-Jeong Kim
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Yunmi Kim: Graduate School of Health Science, Hallym University, Hallymdaehakgil 1, Gangwon-do, Chuncheon 24252, Korea
Younjae Oh: Research Institute of Nursing Science, College of Nursing, Hallym University, Hallymdaehakgil 1, Gangwon-do, Chuncheon 24252, Korea
Eunhee Lee: Research Institute of Nursing Science, College of Nursing, Hallym University, Hallymdaehakgil 1, Gangwon-do, Chuncheon 24252, Korea
Shin-Jeong Kim: Research Institute of Nursing Science, College of Nursing, Hallym University, Hallymdaehakgil 1, Gangwon-do, Chuncheon 24252, Korea

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 2, 1-12

Abstract: Although there is considerable literature on job satisfaction among nurses in various settings, there is little research about contributing factors, including moral distress to job satisfaction among a certain group of nurses, such as nurses acting as physician assistants. The purpose of this study was to verify the impact of nurse–physician collaboration, moral distress, and professional autonomy on job satisfaction among nurses acting as physician assistants. Descriptive and correlational research was conducted on a convenience sample of 130 nurses from five general hospitals in South Korea. In the final regression model, the adjusted R square was significant, explaining 38.2% of the variance of job satisfaction (F = 8.303, p < 0.001), where ‘cooperativeness’ (β = 0.469, p = 0.001) from nurse–physician collaboration, ‘institutional and contextual factor’ from moral distress (β = −0.292, p = 0.014), and professional autonomy (β = 0.247, p = 0.015) were included. In hospital environments, a more cooperative inter-professional relationship between nurses and physicians led to less moral distress caused by organisational constraints. A higher level of professional autonomy among nurses acting as physician assistants is required to increase their job satisfaction.

Keywords: job satisfaction; moral distress; professional autonomy; collaboration; nurses; physician assistants (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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