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<article xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="http://jats.nlm.nih.gov/publishing/1.1/xsd/JATS-journalpublishing1-mathml3.xsd" dtd-version="1.1" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">JCNR</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>Journal of Clinical and Nursing Research</journal-title></journal-title-group><issn>2208-3685</issn><eissn>2208-3693</eissn><publisher><publisher-name>Bio-Byword Scientific Publishing Pty. Ltd.</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.26689/jcnr.v9i9.12290</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title>Research Status of Job Satisfaction among Obstetric Nurses</title><url>https://artdesignp.com/journal/JCNR/9/9/10.26689/jcnr.v9i9.12290</url><author>WangShan,TanZhihua</author><pub-date pub-type="publication-year"><year>2025</year></pub-date><volume>9</volume><issue>9</issue><history><date date-type="pub"><published-time>2025-10-16</published-time></date></history><abstract>This paper analyzes the current research status of job satisfaction among obstetric nurses at home and abroad, including research methods, influencing factors, correlation relationships, and countermeasures to improve job satisfaction of obstetric nurses. 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