Effects of empowering in-service training program to improve job satisfaction among nurse aides in long term care facilities Lin Mei-Hsiang*, Shih Whei-Mei Jean*, Huang Tzu-Shin**, Hsu Hsiu-Chin*** *Graduate Institute of Health Care, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology **Department of Nursing, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Taoyuan branch ***Department of Nursing, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology Online published on 29 November, 2014. Abstract Background Nurse aides play a pivotal role in the healthcare team which could lead to job dissatisfaction with high levels of staff turnover. Purpose The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of empowering in-service training program to improve job satisfaction among nurse aides in long term care facilities. Methods A non-equivalent control group design was conducted. Purposeful sampling was employed from Tao-yuan area. A total of 95 nurse aides subjects were recruited, and divided to experimental and control groups. The empowering in-service training program involved the curriculum content to include the cognition of Workplace difficulties, social interaction communicates and the pressure manages and refuses technique etc. Both experimental and control groups took pre-test in order to set baseline, and only the experimental group obtained 6-weeks classes regarding to empower in-service training program. The experimental group took post-test immediately after intervention in order to evaluate the instant effect of teaching programs. Data was analyzed by using descriptive statistics, the One Way ANCOVA was conducted to find the differences in immediately effect for experimental and control groups. Results The findings of this study showed that(1) the mean total job stressors in post-test was 1.21 (SD =±.42) for the experimental group, and 1.48 (SD =±.66) for the control group. The mean total job satisfaction in post-test was 3.57 (SD =±.57) for the experimental group, and 3.24 (SD =±.77) for the control group.(2)total work stressors, task stressors, and relational stressors, there were significance differences in experimental group after the empowering in-service training program; (3)in the effect of job satisfaction aspect, total job satisfaction, internal satisfaction and external satisfaction, there were significant statistical significancesafter the training program. Conclusion and implications for practice These results could provider information as supplementary for nurse aids in-service in long-term care facilities, and to increase their job satisfaction. Top Keywords Nurse aides, work stressor, job satisfaction, empowerment. Top |