J Korean Acad Nurs.  2017 Feb;47(1):25-38. 10.4040/jkan.2017.47.1.25.

Turnover Experience of Male Nurses

• Kim H
• Lee J

• KMID: 2425934
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2017.47.1.25

Abstract

PURPOSE
The aim of this study was to identify turnover experiences of men in nursing and to derive a substantive theory on the turnover experience of men who are nurses.
METHODS
Data were collected through in-depth interviews with 13 men who had worked as a nurse for 1 year or more, and had a turnover experience during that period. Collected data were analyzed on the basis of Strauss and Corbin's grounded theory.
RESULTS
The core category in the turnover experiences of the respondents was "˜seeking a stable place for me'. In the analysis of the core category, types of "˜contentment', "˜seeking', "˜survival' and "˜confusion' were identified. The sequential stages of these nurses' turnover experience were "˜confrontation', "˜incertitude', "˜retrying' and "˜realization'. However, when a problem arose in the process, they returned to the stage of confusion. Thus, these stages could occur in a circular fashion.
CONCLUSION
These findings provide a deep understanding of the turnover experience of men in nursing and offers new information about how they adapt to nursing practice. The findings should be useful as foundational data for men who hope to become nurses and also for managers responsible for nurses who are men.

Keyword

Male nurse; Personnel turnovers; Life experience; Grounded theory

MeSH Terms

Adaptation, Psychological
Attitude of Health Personnel
Humans
Interviews as Topic
Life Change Events
Male
Nurses, Male/*psychology
*Personnel Turnover

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  Figure 1 Paradigm model of ‘Turnover experience of male nurses’.

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  Figure 2 Model of ‘Turnover experience of male nurses’.

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