The Outcomes of Implementing Logistician Positions on NURSES' Job Satisfaction in Hospitals: A Mixed-Method Study

IF 3.4 3区医学 Q1 NURSING Journal of Advanced Nursing Pub Date : 2025-02-03 DOI:10.1111/jan.16787

Michelle Delpy, Laure Jovet-Rossignol, Ana Railka Oliveira-Kumakura, Ian-In Vong, Monique Rothan-Tondeur, Rita Georges Nohra

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Abstract

Aim

To investigate the outcomes of implementing logistician positions on nurses' job satisfaction in hospitals.

Design

A sequential explanatory mixed-methods approach was employed.

Method

In the quantitative phase, the “Job Satisfaction Single Item” scale was utilised, and nurses' perceptions and intentions to leave were assessed. Subsequently, semi-structured interviews were conducted with nurses who had or had not experienced the deployment of logisticians to deepen the quantitative findings. Content analysis was conducted and data triangulation was used with a co-researcher.

Results

Questionnaires were completed by 602 nurses, followed by semi-structured interviews with 10 nurses between July 2023 and September 2023. Job satisfaction was significantly higher among nurses who worked with a logistician in their department. This organisational change freed up nurses' time and added more meaning to their work. Logisticians alleviated the physical and mental workload of nurses. Furthermore, turnover intention is higher among nurses who do not work with a logistician. Additionally, nurses provided recommendations and suggestions for the deployment of these posts.

Conclusion

Logistician positions enable nurses to refocus on their core duties, thereby improving their job satisfaction. Logisticians also improve nurses' health. Enhancing nurses' job satisfaction can reduce turnover rates and help address the nursing shortage. Further studies could complement these results in order to provide arguments in favour of the deployment of logisticians in hospitals.

Impact

Given the global nursing shortage, implementing logistician posts could be important to prevent the closure of hospital beds and ensure the continuous provision of healthcare services to the population.

Patient or Public Contribution

No patient or public contribution.

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Journal of Advanced Nursing 医学-护理

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6.40

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7.90%

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369

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3 months

期刊介绍： The Journal of Advanced Nursing (JAN) contributes to the advancement of evidence-based nursing, midwifery and healthcare by disseminating high quality research and scholarship of contemporary relevance and with potential to advance knowledge for practice, education, management or policy. All JAN papers are required to have a sound scientific, evidential, theoretical or philosophical base and to be critical, questioning and scholarly in approach. As an international journal, JAN promotes diversity of research and scholarship in terms of culture, paradigm and healthcare context. For JAN’s worldwide readership, authors are expected to make clear the wider international relevance of their work and to demonstrate sensitivity to cultural considerations and differences.