Registered Nurses’ Perception Regarding Shared Governance and Its Relation to their Job Satisfaction

Background: In today`s complex nursing care setting. Nurses leave 
their jobs in search of healthier work settings and job satisfaction. Shared governance has 
been revealed to increase nurses’ satisfaction, reduce nurses’ turnover, and positively impact 
outcomes. Aim: The study aimed to assess registered nurses’ perception regarding shared 
governance and its relation to their job satisfaction. Subjects and Method: Design: 
Descriptive correlational design was operated. Setting: The study was conducted at ELMahalla General Hospital which affiliated to Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population. 
Subjects: The sample consists of all (419) Registered nurses employed at the abovementioned setting. Two tools: (1) Registered nurses’ perception regarding shared governance 
questionnaire sheet and (2) Registered nurses` Job satisfaction questionnaire. Results: The 
present study concluded that, registered nurses at EL-Mahalla General Hospital showed 
traditional perception of shared governance and its dimensions, except for goals, nursing 
personal and information dimensions of shared governance they perceived shared level. Also, 
they showed totally low level of job satisfaction and its dimensions except communication 
and coworkers’ dimension the had moderate and high level. Conclusion: There was a 
significant positive correlation between total registered nurses` perception of shared 
governance and their total perception of job satisfaction. It was recommended that top 
management at EL-Mahalla General Hospital need to develop policies that enable registered 
nurses to improve working environment and promote nursing governance through providing 
nurses with equal opportunities for education and training on nursing governance practices.