J Korean Acad Nurs Adm.  2011 Dec;17(4):508-515.

The Relationship Among Nurses' Parenting Stress and Turnover Intention

• Kang SJ
• Kim SY

Abstract

PURPOSE
The purposes of this study were to understand correlation of parenting stress and turnover intention of nurses, and to provide basic data for effective nursing management.
METHODS
Subjects included 287 nurses who had children and worked in hospitals. Data were collected through organized questionnaires from September 1st to 30th 2010. Collected data was analyzed with descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, correlation analysis using PASW statistics 18 program.
RESULTS
The average score for parenting stress of the participants was 3.12 out of 5. Nurture stress was statistically different depending on age, job position, shift work, night duty and stages of family development. The average score for turnover intention of the participants was 3.34 out of 5. Turnover intention was statistically different depending on age, number of children and stages of family development. As a result of correlation analysis of parenting stress and turnover intention, turnover intention showed positive correlation with daily stress, stress caused from taking parent role and average parenting stress.
CONCLUSION
This study indicates that parenting stress is related with turnover intention, nursing managers should make efforts to decrease parenting stress in order to reduce turnover intention of nurses.

Keyword

Parenting stress; Turnover intention

MeSH Terms

Child
Humans
Intention
Parenting
Parents
Surveys and Questionnaires

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