Professional Values and Job Satisfaction Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Nurses and Influencing Factors: A Descriptive Correlational Study

•Fourthly-five% of NICU nurses had high job satisfaction.•Professional values and two subscales of job satisfaction, including motivational and hygiene factors, were correlated.•Job satisfaction and some subscales of professional values were correlated, including caring, activism, trust, professionalism, and justice.•Age, marital status, education level, and job level are predictors of professional values.•Type of hospital, insurance, and income are predictors of job satisfaction.