Factors Related to Nurse Manager’s Job Satisfaction: An Integrative Literature Review

Nurse managers have a bearing on the quality and safety of healthcare services, therefore understanding the factors that influence their job satisfaction can help healthcare organizations retain nurse managers.This study aims to develop an understanding of the factors that shape nurse managers' job satisfaction.An integrated literature review focusing on ten articles retrieved from electronic databases was made, and the articles reviewed focused on job satisfaction among nurse managers.Major themes were extracted and synthesized from these sources.Nurse manager job satisfaction is influenced by four key factors: organizational support, workloads, nurse manager-supervisor relationship, competence, and training quality.It was concluded afterward that the efforts to improve the satisfaction and retention of nurse managers should focus on cultivating working environments characterized by healthy workloads, professional growth, as well as strong inter-organizational relationships.