Despite an increasing literature on professional nurses� job satisfaction, job satisfaction by nonprofessional nursing care providers\nand, in particular, in residential long-term care facilities, is sparsely described.The purpose of this study was to systematically review\nthe evidence on which factors (individual and organizational) are associated with job satisfaction among care aides, nurse aides, and\nnursing assistants, who provide the majority of direct resident care, in residential long-term care facilities. Nine online databases\nwere searched. Two authors independently screened, and extracted data and assessed the included publications for methodological\nquality. Decision rules were developed a priori to draw conclusions on which factors are important to care aide job satisfaction.\nForty-two publications were included. Individual factors found to be important were empowerment and autonomy. Six additional\nindividual factors were found to be not important: age, ethnicity, gender, education level, attending specialized training, and years of\nexperience. Organizational factors found to be important were facility resources and workload. Two additional factors were found\nto be not important: satisfaction with salary/benefits and job performance. Factors important to care aide job satisfaction differ\nfrom those reported among hospital nurses, supporting the need for different strategies to improve care aide job satisfaction in\nresidential long-term care.
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