TY - JOUR
T1 - Predictors of nurse's happiness
T2 - A systematic review
AU - Arulappan, Judie
AU - Pandarakutty, Suthan
AU - Valsaraj, Blessy Prabha
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Judie Arulappan et al., published by Sciendo.
PY - 2021/12/1
Y1 - 2021/12/1
N2 - Objective: An acute shortage of nurses exists all over the world. Part of this shortage appears to be due to nurses' low job satisfaction, low retention, and high turnover. Happiness at work is identified as a contributing factor that determines the shortage of nurses across the world. This paper critically appraised the existing scientific articles that assessed the individual and organizational predictors of happiness among nurses. Methods: The systematic review was conducted from August 2010 to August 2020 using Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. Scientific articles were searched in the electronic databases (Scopus, Medline, CINAHL, PsychINFO, and Pubmed Central) on the predictors of happiness among nurses. Results: A total of 13 articles were selected following the literature search and a thematic analysis was done. This review provides updated evidence on the predictors of nurses' happiness. Job-related predictors were identified as organizational predictors; and personal, psychological, family, social, and spiritual predictors were reported to be the individual predictors. Conclusions: As both individual and organizational predictors determine the happiness of nurses, the authors recommend the need for future interventional studies to increase the nurses' happiness, their mental health, and health-related quality of life.
AB - Objective: An acute shortage of nurses exists all over the world. Part of this shortage appears to be due to nurses' low job satisfaction, low retention, and high turnover. Happiness at work is identified as a contributing factor that determines the shortage of nurses across the world. This paper critically appraised the existing scientific articles that assessed the individual and organizational predictors of happiness among nurses. Methods: The systematic review was conducted from August 2010 to August 2020 using Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. Scientific articles were searched in the electronic databases (Scopus, Medline, CINAHL, PsychINFO, and Pubmed Central) on the predictors of happiness among nurses. Results: A total of 13 articles were selected following the literature search and a thematic analysis was done. This review provides updated evidence on the predictors of nurses' happiness. Job-related predictors were identified as organizational predictors; and personal, psychological, family, social, and spiritual predictors were reported to be the individual predictors. Conclusions: As both individual and organizational predictors determine the happiness of nurses, the authors recommend the need for future interventional studies to increase the nurses' happiness, their mental health, and health-related quality of life.
KW - factors
KW - happiness
KW - joy
KW - life satisfaction
KW - nurses
KW - predictors
KW - registered nurses
KW - well-being
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U2 - 10.2478/fon-2021-0032
DO - 10.2478/fon-2021-0032
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85123309218
SN - 2544-8994
VL - 8
SP - 313
EP - 326
JO - Frontiers of Nursing
JF - Frontiers of Nursing
IS - 4
ER -
