Date of Conferral

2023

Degree

Doctor of Healthcare Administration (D.H.A.)

School

Health Services

Advisor

Miriam M. Ross

Abstract

Managing patient care with the help of nurse practitioners is an expanding trend in healthcare and achieving job satisfaction is a priority for these professionals. The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine two research questions and the associated variables concerning the relationship between time spent on tasks, job responsibilities, and job satisfaction among nurse practitioners. Conway’s role theory, which is used to explore and predict behaviors of workers in certain roles, informed this study. Data were derived from the 2017 National Survey of Nurse Practitioners and 972 participants were included. Correlation and linear regression analyses were used to analyze the data points and determine how the independent variables of time spent on tasks and job responsibilities affected the dependent variable job satisfaction. Regression analysis results for RQ 1 showed that job responsibility was not a significant predictor of job satisfaction, which demonstrated that no statistically significant association existed between job responsibilities and job satisfaction for nurse practitioners. Regression analysis results for RQ 2 showed that there was a significant correlation between job satisfaction and time spent on tasks. The implications of these findings for professional practice are that nurse practitioners and other healthcare professionals can manage workload effectively by implementing efficient management principles, such as task prioritization and work optimization requests. The implications for positive social change may include ways to improve retention through the management of tasks that impact satisfaction thereby reducing hiring and error-related costs by administrators.

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