The Correlation between Nursing Professional Values and Job Satisfaction Depending on the Types of Visiting Nurses' Personality

Park, Hae In; Park, Kyung Min; Lee, Kyung Hee

Abstract

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study is to identify nursing professional values and job satisfaction depending on the types of personality in visiting nurses.
METHODS
Two hundred twenty six visiting nurses participated in this study. Data collection was conducted in 26 Public Health Centers in Korea. The Korean version of the Enneagram nursing professional values and job satisfaction was used to measure the nursing professional values and job satisfaction.
RESULTS
The most common personality is type 9, a center of the Instinctive Center where energy tends to stress outwards. There was a significant difference in nursing professional values depending on the type of personality. The type 1, 2 and type 9 had a significant difference by depending on the type of personality. There was but no difference in job satisfaction. There was a negative correlation between nursing professional values and job satisfaction by depending on the type of personality. The nurses with the type 9 and type 1 of personality showed a significant differences with the negative correlation between professional values and job satisfaction.
CONCLUSION
The findings of this study showed the necessity of a self-understanding program to improve the working efficiency by increasing the professional values and job satisfaction of visiting nurses.