Teacher’s satisfaction toward teaching in nursing is a critical issue throughout the world. Job satisfaction implies the contentment of an employee’s expectations for the work he or she perform. It is an important indicator for improving job performance and overall quality of work [1]. The result of job satisfaction will have an impact not only at the individual level but also in the institutional, societal, and national level. A person’s job satisfaction influenced by his or her pay benefits and promotions, working condition, leadership and social relationship, diversities of tasks involved, and opportunities and challenges [2]. Nurse teacher plays a significant role in nursing education to produce competent nurse who provide direct quality patient care. They perform multiple tasks that range from teaching nursing students, undertaking research activities [3].

Job satisfaction is a worker’s sense of achievement and success, with is directly linked with productivity and personal wellbeing, it further implies interest and happiness, which leads to recognition, income, promotion, achievement and feelings of the fulfillment of goals [4]. Nurse teacher are satisfied with their job, when they are more romantic about their work, delivering a higher quality education. Higher job satisfaction would result in lower faculty attrition, increased reputation of the institution, and higher recruitment of most qualified students. Nurse teacher who does not find satisfaction in the role of educator may choose to leave their position [5].

There were many studies conduct to assess job satisfaction of nurse teacher. Thies and Serratt (2018) a nationwide survey was conducted in USA and found that there are six factors influence the job satisfaction or dissatisfaction of nurse teacher. Factors of greatest satisfaction were interactions, professional status, and autonomy. Factors of dissatisfaction were salary, organizational policies, and workload [6]. Same findings were found in a meta-analysis [7]. In Malaysia (2012) Tang & Ghani found that 32.27% nurse teacher are highly satisfied, 35% nurse teacher is moderately satisfied and 32.73% nurse teacher's satisfaction level is low. Three highest priority factors that determine their job satisfaction were salary, benefit entitlement and working conditions [8]. Puglisi (2010) conduct a study in UK found overall nurse teacher were highly satisfied as nurse educators with 78.4% rating overall satisfaction of 8 or higher on a 0 - 10 scale. The top three satisfiers were opportunity to work independently, sense of accomplishment from work, and the variety of activities. The highest level of dissatisfaction was rate of pay for position (60.8%), amount of work required (31.1%), and degree of technical support available (29.8%) [9].

Job satisfaction is a prime global concern and an important aspect of any job, yet it has been rarely discussed and explored, especially in developing countries. In Bangladesh most of nurse teachers are dissatisfied on their job because they are not hold promoted post, they work as an acting teacher. Although limited studies have explored few components of job satisfaction, there is insufficiency of information on the overall job satisfaction of nurse teacher at local and the national level. It is imperative to understand their needs and expectations and address them. In Bangladesh very few studies conduct to assess nurses’ job satisfaction. But there is no study is conducted to assess the level of nurse teacher’s job satisfaction. This study aims to assess the level of job satisfaction among the nursing faculties working in seven different nursing colleges in Bangladesh.