Research & Projects → Job Satisfaction Among Clinical and School Nurses
Research Study
Manuscript in Final Revision Before Submission
Project Type: Research Study · Status: Manuscript in Final Revision Before Submission · Affiliation: Alborz University of Medical Sciences · Mahya’s Role: Researcher · Co-author · Data Collector · Manuscript Preparer
A comparative cross-sectional study of job satisfaction among clinical and school nurses in Karaj, Iran.
Overview
This study examined job satisfaction among nurses working in two different professional contexts: clinical nursing and school nursing. It was designed as a descriptive-comparative cross-sectional study conducted among 286 nurses in Karaj, Iran, including 259 clinical nurses and 27 school nurses, using a structured, questionnaire-based approach to assess and compare overall job satisfaction across the two settings.
Clinical and school nurses share the same professional background but work within different organizational environments, which may shape distinct aspects of their day-to-day experience. Understanding these differences is relevant to nursing workforce planning and broader health-services research, since working conditions and organizational context can influence staff wellbeing, retention and, ultimately, the quality of care and services provided.
Research Context
Clinical nurses typically provide direct patient care within hospital or clinical settings, often under rotating shifts, high workloads and continuous responsibility for patient safety. School nurses, by contrast, work within educational settings, with responsibilities centred on health promotion, screening, health education and coordination of student care.
Because these two groups operate under different organizational structures, supervision arrangements and working conditions, comparing their job satisfaction can help clarify whether satisfaction patterns are shaped more by shared professional identity or by the specific setting in which nursing is practiced — a question relevant to nursing workforce and health-services research more broadly.
My Role
Mahya Moshtagh’s role on this study was Researcher, Co-author, Data Collector and Manuscript Preparer. Her verified contributions included questionnaire-based data collection, SPSS-based analysis, preparation of summary tables, contribution to interpretation of findings, and preparation of the manuscript for submission.
Study Approach
The study used a descriptive-comparative cross-sectional design. Data were collected from 286 nurses in Karaj, Iran — 259 working in clinical settings and 27 working in school health settings — using a structured, questionnaire-based instrument, with responses analyzed in SPSS to compare overall job satisfaction between the two groups. Consistent with the purpose of this public portfolio, detailed statistical procedures, domain-level comparisons and numerical results are not reproduced here.
Research Ethics
The study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran (ethics code: IR.ABZUMS.REC.1398.266). All participants provided informed consent prior to completing the questionnaire.
Current Status
The manuscript is currently in final revision before journal submission.
Public-Disclosure Note
Detailed manuscript content and results are not reproduced on this public portfolio while the manuscript is being finalized for journal submission. This page is intended as a high-level summary of the study’s purpose, design and Mahya’s contribution, rather than a substitute for the manuscript itself.
Skills & Relevance
- Quantitative research
- Cross-sectional study design
- Questionnaire-based data collection
- SPSS analysis
- Research interpretation
- Scientific manuscript preparation
- Research ethics
