THE EFFECT OF NURSES' QUALITY OF WORKING LIFE ON THEIR JOB SATISFACTION: THE CASE OF ŞANLIURFA

This study was conducted to determine the effect of nurses' quality of work life on their job satisfaction. In this descriptive and cross-sectional study, data were collected from a total of 625 nurses working in four hospitals in the centre of Şanlıurfa province between December 2020 and March 2021 with an introductory information collection form, nurses' job satisfaction scale, and nurses' quality of work life scale. Means, standard deviations, percentages, frequencies, independent samples t-test, Anova test, Tukey test, linear regression analysis were used to evaluate the data. It was found that the mean total score of the Quality of Nursing Work Life Scale of the nurses participating in the study was 96.38±20.69, which was below average. he mean total score of the Nursing Quality of Work Life Scale was found to be below average at 96.38±20.69. The mean total score of the Nurse Job Satisfaction Scale was found to be at a moderate level (2.99±0.66). It was found that single nurses, nurses with less than a bachelor's degree, nurses who worked 40 hours per week and had a career goal in the institution had high perceptions of quality of work life and job satisfaction. Nurses who had worked between 6 months and 5 years had a higher mean total score on the nurses' job satisfaction scale. t showed that there was a highly statistically significant positive correlation between the quality of work life of nurses and the mean scores of the total score and all sub-dimensions of the job satisfaction scales (r=0.770). As nurses' quality of work life increases, so does their job satisfaction. Managers should take initiatives to increase nurses' quality of work life and job satisfaction.