Chart 22. Percent of registered nurses who reported being moderately or extremely satisfied with their jobs by employment setting, March 2004*


Bar chart with 10 groups with 2 items per group.
Group 1, Hospital 
Item 1, Moderately satisfied 52.5% 
Item 2, Extremely satisfied 22.4% 
Group 2, Nursing Home/Ext. Care  
Item 1, Moderately satisfied 50.2% 
Item 2, Extremely satisfied 23.6% 
Group 3, Nursing Educ. 
Item 1, Moderately satisfied 43.2% 
Item 2, Extremely satisfied 38.1% 
Group 4, Pub/Com Health 
Item 1, Moderately satisfied 47.4% 
Item 2, Extremely satisfied 33.9% 
Group 5, School Health Service 
Item 1, Moderately satisfied 44.8% 
Item 2, Extremely satisfied 40.9% 
Group 6, Occupat. Health 
Item 1, Moderately satisfied 42.1% 
Item 2, Extremely satisfied 40.3% 
Group 7, Ambul Care (not RN owned/operated) 
Item 1, Moderately satisfied 46.6% 
Item 2, Extremely satisfied 37.4% 
Group 8, Ambul Care (RN owned/operated) 
Item 1, Moderately satisfied 42.3% 
Item 2, Extremely satisfied 40.1% 
Group 9, Insurance claims 
Item 1, Moderately satisfied 46.1% 
Item 2, Extremely satisfied 28.8% 
Group 10, Planning Lic. Regul 
Item 1, Moderately satisfied 41.2% 
Item 2, Extremely satisfied 34.6% 

*Only those who reported with both employment setting and satisfaction level information for the principal position in nursing are included in the calculations used for this chart. 

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