McKnight's August 17, 2022
More staff edged out higher salary as the No. 1 way to increase job satisfaction among nurse leaders and administrators in the 2022 McKnight’s Mood of the Market survey.
Few other options aside from improved benefits would drive overall satisfaction higher, the poll of nearly 750 directors of nursing, assistant directors of nursing and administrators found.
More than half ( 52%) of survey-takers said they would choose more staff as one of two biggest satisfaction drivers. While that was the first choice, it was down significantly from 2021’s 59%. The second-place 2022 choice was higher salary at 51% of respondents — a nearly 10-point jump since the 2021 survey.
When broken out by category, more nurse leaders chose higher...
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