Improving Job Satisfaction Among Nurses in Benin

In Benin, nurses complain of inadequate job satisfaction and burnout. The data show 7135 inhabitants per doctor, 2648 inhabitants per nurse, 1705 inhabitants per midwife; this does not reflect World Health Organization (WHO) standards. The scoping review did not exhaustively show job satisfaction/motivation measures for Human Resources for Health (HRH) in all Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries respectively. A fortiori, job satisfaction/motivation measures specific to nurses in SSA were not mentioned. The factors "My pay and the amount of work I do" received the highest ratings of "very dissatisfied" (60, 92%), "dissatisfied" (37, 92%), "satisfied" (65, 52%) and "very satisfied" (32, 18%) respectively. The average "satisfied" rating was 37.4% in zone hospitals, versus 62.6% in health centers. Signs of burnout were noted in eight out of 10 people (82.76).