Job Satisfaction
Are you, the NPs and PAs of 2017, proud of your profession? We polled 900 US clinicians in our second annual job satisfaction survey. Here are the results, revealing which benefits your colleagues are getting, where your professional priorities lie, and what perks you might not even know you're missing out on.
You know that good feeling you get when you think about what you do for a living? That’s job satisfaction. So, what contributes to that feeling? Why does it matter?
Job satisfaction among both NPs and PAs remains high since last year’s survey.
The major determinants of job satisfaction include autonomy, appropriate pay, having adequate time to interact with patients, collegial support, and opportunities for professional growth.1-3
,Dissatisfaction—due, for example, to work-life imbalance, adverse working conditions, or threat of malpractice lawsuits—may motivate experienced clinicians to leave their jobs. Clearly, keeping NPs and PAs engaged and satisfied is key to creating and retaining effective health care teams, resulting in better patient care and lower health care costs.1,4
So, are you interested in discovering ways to increase your career satisfaction? Actively seeking a new position? Looking to hire or retain staff? Check out the PDF for information on pay, benefits, and reasons your peers leave their jobs—broken out by profession and by region.
