Discussion
Satisfaction with current position
The results of the present study demonstrate that in
nursing teams on acute care patient units, a higher level
of teamwork and perceptions of higher levels of staffing
adequacy leads to greater job satisfaction with current
position. Another significant predictor of satisfaction
with current position was type of unit: emergency
departments were higher. There was significant variation
in satisfaction variables found by hospital, which
suggests that other variables not examined in the present
study may influence the levels of staff satisfaction
with their current position. Further research including
hospital- and unit-level variables with a larger sample
size would need to be completed to demonstrate whether
these findings are generalizable or if they are
dependent on the particular patient care units studied.
None of the other variables are shown to influence
satisfaction with current position.