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Background: Job satisfaction is regarded as an individual's opinion of his or her job. Noticing the key role of hospital personnel in giving health services to patients, this study was designed to determine job satisfaction of hospital personnel in Arak. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out on 702 hospital personnel through simple sampling method. The means of gathering data were demographic and Herzberg's job satisfaction questionnaires. Job satisfaction was categorized in three levels. Results: Results in eight domains showed that most personnel's satisfaction of job environment (%75.2), relationship with co-workers (%49), salary and benefits(%75.1), job position(%60.5), job security (%64.6), supervision(%64),management policy(%59.2)and personal life relations (%65.7)were at average levels. Overall, %82.2 of the personnel had an average satisfaction with their jobs. The greatest level of satisfaction was with relationship with co-workers and the lowest level of satisfaction was related to job difficulty benefits, establishment of justice and fairness, discrimination and lack of facilities. X2 statistical test revealed significant differences amolay sex, level of education, type of employment, type of job and work shift. Conclusion: Overall, Job satisfaction in this study was at an average level. Increasing salaries, job difficulty benefits, on time payment and providing welfare facilities are essential for the improvement of job satisfaction in this group.

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Background: Job satisfaction is viewed as all inclinations or positive feelings that individuals have towards their jobs. Medical universities are in need of motivated professors, as one important paradigm of education, to instruct students of medicine and to improve health and medicine in the society. Noticing the importance of job satisfaction among faculty members in promotion of university aims and enhancement of productivity, this study was conducted to evaluate job satisfaction among faculty members of Arak University of Medical Sciences (AUMS) in 2010. Materials and Methods: This study was a cross-sectional, observational one and the study population consisted of all faculty members at AUMS. Sampling was performed by census and data were collected through demography questionnaire including sex, age, scientific stage, educational department, employment status, and job experience, and Herzberg job satisfaction questionnaire. Results: The mean (standard deviation) of job satisfaction in faculty members of AUMS was 60.72 (11.51) and the mean (standard deviation) of the surveyed stages were as follows: work nature (74.46(12.60)), supervision and relations (62.15(13.69)), job security (57.58 (15.72)), promotion opportunities (57.28(15.74)), physical conditions and work environment (55.84 (14.14)), and salary and benefits (55.56(16.87)) from the maximum 100 score. Conclusion: AUMS faculty members were satisfied with their jobs on the whole. The greatest job satisfaction was related to work nature and the least job satisfaction was with salaries and benefits. By increasing salaries and benefits and providing promotion opportunities, job satisfaction can be enhanced in this group.

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Background: This study was done to assess the validity and reliability of Najmie Job Satisfaction Questionnaire (NJSQ) in order to provide a suitable tool for measuring job satisfaction (JS). Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 212 staff members at Najime Subspecialty Hospital were selected by stratified sampling method. The participants took NJSQ. After evaluating content validity, confirmatory and explanatory factor analysis and Cronbach's Alpha were used to examine construct validity and reliability of the questionnaire, respectively. SPSS software version 16 was used to analyze the data. Results: The samples, 212 subjects, consisted of 181 (86.6%) women and 28 (13.4%) men. The explanatory factor analysis showed 4 factors with 54% total variance and 0.82% Kaser-Meyer-Olkin index. These factors were also verified by confirmatory factor analysis (P=0.368). In addition, the reliability of the questionnaire was reported to be 0.88% based on Cronbach's alpha method. Conclusion: Since validity and reliability indexes were reported suitable, NJSQ can be considered a valid and reliable questionnaire for measuring JS.

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Background: Today, occupational health of nurses in the health care system is important. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between death anxiety, sleep quality and job satisfaction of nurses working in Arak university of medical sciences hospitals in 2015.

Materials and Methods: The research method was descriptive, correlational and cross-sectional. The population included nurses in public hospitals affiliated with Arak university of medical sciences. The samples included 309 nurses that were simply and randomly selected. Data were collected with Herzberg job satisfaction, Pittsburgh sleep quality questionnaires and death anxiety scale. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics.

Results: The results showed that the relationship between job satisfaction with sleep quality of nurses was significant, but there was not a significant relationship between job satisfaction and quality of sleep with death anxiety of nurses. In addition, there was a significant telationship between diffevent parts of hospitals in job satisfaction and death onxiety, although this difference was not significant in quality of sleep. Job satisfaction was the only factor that was significant in the group with the possibility of difficult working conditions.

Conclusion: According to the research findings, it seems that paying attention to sleep quality sleep is important to improve nurses satisfaction. Job satisfaction is also influenced by the hard conditions of work and requires more attention to a group of nurses who are working in such a situation. Also, a higher death anxiety than usual in nurses requires more study and reflection.