The effect of psychological violence on nurses' job satisfaction

The study aims to adapt examinethe effects of psychological violence on nurses' job satısfactıon.In many studies, the results of violence on nurses can be seen clearly and also it is seen that the institution is affected as a result of the decrease in job satisfaction after maltreatment.This study is a descriptive study which is conducted by applying a questionnaire to 234 nurses working in a state hospital.Personal Data Form, Psychological violence Scale (PVS), Job Satisfaction Scale (JSS) were used in data collection.For statistical analysis, SPSS 23.0 for Windows was used.The descriptive statistics of the evaluation results were given as numbers and percentages for categorical variables; for numerical variables were given as mean, standard deviation, minimum and maximum.In this study, 59.8% of the nurses are women, 50.4% are married, 51.3% are between the ages of 26-35, 34.6% have children, 56.8% have a bachelor's degree, 57.7% of them are smokers, 16.7% of them are using medicine regularly and 35% of them are satisfied with their lives.In this study it is determined that 36.3% of the nurses chose their profession voluntarily, 55.1% want to change the profession, 83.8% are working by mixed shifts day and night, 54.7% have constant sleeping problems.The mean of PVS total and sub-dimensions is 93.3±26.1, and the mean of Job Satisfaction is 50.4±11.3.The scales used in the study were examined with the Shapiro-Wilk normality test, and it was found that the total and subscale score distributions of job satisfaction and PVS did not show normality (p<0.05). It is a common result obtained from many studies in the literature that all kinds of violence against healthcare workers have increased significantly compared to previous periods and that the measures taken are insufficient.In this study, no significant difference was found between 'Job satisfaction' total, 'Internal satisfaction', 'External satisfaction' subscale dimensions and 'Personal reputation', 'Self-expression and communication formation', 'Social relations', 'Personal health' , 'Personal life quality and occupational status' subscale dimensions of nurses' gender variable.PVS total scale dimension scores were found higher in male nurses than in female nurses. Keywords: Nurse; Psychological violence; Job satisfaction