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. 2019 Apr 15;6(3):998-1005.
doi: 10.1002/nop2.279. eCollection 2019 Jul.

Good nurse-nurse collaboration implies high job satisfaction: A structural equation modelling approach

Tuija Ylitörmänen  1   2 , Hannele Turunen  1   3 , Santtu Mikkonen  4 , Tarja Kvist  1
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Good nurse-nurse collaboration implies high job satisfaction: A structural equation modelling approach

Tuija Ylitörmänen et al. Nurs Open. .

Abstract

Aims: To explore the relationship between nurse-nurse collaboration and job satisfaction among hospital nurses and to test and refine a model explaining this relationship.

Design: A secondary analysis of a cross-sectional survey.

Methods: Registered nurses (N = 406, female 88%) in one university hospital in Finland and one in Norway completed a self-administered questionnaire in 2015. Structural equation modelling analysis was used to analyse the relationships between collaboration and job satisfaction subscales.

Results: The constructed SEM model fit the data well (RMSEA = 0.05, CFI = 0.985, χ2 p-value > 0.1). The model strongly supported the hypothesized covariance between nurse-nurse collaboration and job satisfaction, while significant and positive relationships were observed between most of the subscales. The results suggest that there is a strong association between nurse-nurse collaboration and job satisfaction such that nurses are more satisfied when there is good collaboration and vice versa.

Keywords: collaboration; job satisfaction; model; nurse-nurse; quantitative research; secondary analysis.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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A hypothesized model of pathways relating collaboration to job satisfaction
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Pathways of factors related to collaboration and job satisfaction
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