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OBJECTIVE: This study was planned to investigate the intensive surgical units nurses’ job satisfaction and the affecting factors as a descriptive and correlational type. METHODS: The sample and the population of the research consisted of a total of 267 nurses including 52 Surgical intensive care nurses, 83 Surgical Operation Room nurses and 132 service nurses working in Surgical Clinics in three hospitals ( 1 University Hospital, 2 State Hospitals) in a province in Mediterranean Region.The entire population was included in the research without applying sampling method.The data was collected through "Detemination of Promotional Characteristics Form" and "Job Satisfaction Scale" which were developed by the researchers. Data were analysed using percentage values, Chi-square test and multiple regression. RESULTS: Approximate score of intensive care nurses’ job satisfaction was found 167,59±28,16 and job satisfaction of intensive surgical unit nurses was determined as ‘low’.The Factors effecting Job Satisfaction were determined as weekly working hours, the number of seizures in the past month, number of patients to whom day care is given.A significant inequality was not confirmed in the Job satisfaction average level evaluated according to age, education background, working period at the current hospital and number of patients to whom night care is given.It was determined that while Job satisfaction levels of intensive care unit nurses are higher than surgical clinic nurses, job satisfaction levels of clinic nurses are also higher than surgical operating room nurses. CONCLUSION: Finding out that Job Satisfaction Scale standard grades of nurses working in the surgery units of all three hospitals are quiet low and nurses in the surgery rooms has the lowest grade average brought us that it is necessary to initiate managerial and institutional attempts immediately aiming to increase satisfaction of all nurses and that some proposals be developed with the hope to contribute in developing some measures.

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