Midwifery professional satisfaction and its impact on the environment and social

Individual's profession, which adds meaning to life, is one of the most important satisfaction. Individuals living in professional life dissatisfaction, negative feelings are directed. Low job satisfaction, turnover, absenteeism, lateness to work, can have negative consequences, such as business is slowing down. In this context, the midwives in the provision of health services, professional satisfaction level and it is important to study the factors that affect. Job satisfaction in midwifery is affected by individual (age, marital status, education, personality traits and socio-cultural environment) and institutional (work environment and conditions, salary, management type and relations with managers, communication at work place and development and progress in job positions) factors. It is important for midwifery administrators and institution to show sensitivity and make new regulations by taking alterative and improving measures regarding job satisfaction which is important in tenns of individual and institutional aspects. Thus efficiency in midwifery increases and accordingly the quality of health service given by midwifery increases. The sampling was carried out employing the stratified method .The data were collected using a questionnaire including the questions about the socio-demographic characteristics of midwives and'Job Satisfaction Scale'In this study midwifery professional satisfaction and its impact on the social environment were examined.