The factors affecting on Turnover Intention of Nurses

Background/Objectives: Many medical institutions are struggling with nurse turnover rate which is increasing. Therefore, in this study, factors that affect the turnover intention of nurses was attempted to identify.

Method/Statistical Analysis:The study was conducted to 250 nurses working at general hospitals with more than 500 sickbeds located in Seoul from Feb 1 to Feb 28, 2019. The general characteristics of the subjects and the reasons for turnover were calculated by frequency and percentage, and the factors affecting turnover were acquired from the mean and standard deviation. A logistic regression analysis was conducted to identify the factors affecting turnover.

Findings: In terms of the number of turnovers, 58.1% was 1 time, 29.0% was 2 times, 9.7% was 3 times, and 3.2% was 4 times. For the question of whether there is a turnover intention, 42.9% answered ‘yes’ and 57.1% answered ‘no’, and the side with the answer ‘no’ was higher. Reasons for turnover by logistic regression analysis showed a significant difference in the 20s, single, 4-6 years of career nurses, adequacy of pay, and shift work. This shows a desire that nurses who are free from family members, who have a basic career and can easily access despite turnover into any hospital organization, and can build their careers, hope to receive proper pay they expect, and hope to work in the day time on weekdays free of physical physiological difficulties caused by shift work.

Improvements/Applications: The factors affecting the turnover intention of hospital nurses need to be made at the level of the hospital organization as well as the efforts of the nursing department.