Effects of Sexual Harassment on Job Satisfaction and SelfEsteem in Nursing Students at Teaching Hospitals

Abstract

Present  study  examined  the  impact  of  sexual  harassment  on  self-esteem  and  job satisfactionamongin-trainingnurses off our teaching hospitals/medical institutesi.e.,the  Faiz Memorial  Hospital,  Ibrahim  Hospital,  Niazi  Medical  Complex,  and  Fatima Hospital  in  Sargodha  City.  Convenient  sampling  for  data  collection  was  approved  by  the institutional review board. Participants were assured of their privacy and confidentiality and could  choose  not  to  answer  any  questions.  Twenty  of  the  sixty  female  respondents  were members of the nursing staff, and 40 of the respondents were third-year bachelor's nursing program  students.Data  was  collected  from 60female  in-training  nurses  throughthequestions  that  were  designed  to  comply  with  the  World  Health  Organization's  ethical  and safety  guidelines  for  intervention  research  on  violence  against  women.Study  results  hold significant   importance   for   mental   health   and HRM professionals forupgrading and maintaining the smooth work environment in medical health profession by initiating and implementing sexual harassment training, policies, and procedures to provideasafe, healthy work environment for in-training nurses.