Korean J Rehabil Nurs.  2022 Jun;25(1):40-48. 10.7587/kjrehn.2022.40.

Factors Affecting Turnover Intention of Clinical Nurses in a Tertiary Hospital: Focusing on Fatigue, Nursing Professionalism, and Compassion Satisfaction

• Song J
• An M

• KMID: 2530975
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.7587/kjrehn.2022.40

Abstract

Purpose
The purpose of this study was to examine the level of turnover intention and identify factors affecting turnover intention in nurses working at a tertiary hospital in Korea.
Methods
A descriptive study was conducted. A total of 239 clinical nurses were recruited using a convenient sampling method. The standardized questionnaires was used to assess fatigue, nursing professionalism, and compassion satisfaction. Data were analyzed using SPSS software. Descriptive statistics were computed to describe the sample and study variables. Logistic regression analyses was performed to identify factors affecting turnover intention in clinical nurses working at a tertiary hospital.
Results
Among the 239 clinical nurses, a mean age of participants was 28.80±5.08 years. Most of participants were female (n=228, 95.4%) and single (n=183, 76.6%) and achieved bachelor’s degree (n=186, 77.8%). Approximately 43.5% of them intended to turnover their current job. The findings showed that turnover intentions were significantly higher among clinical nurses who were younger (OR=0.93, 95% CI=0.86~0.99), worked in ICU or ER (OR=3.64, 95% CI=1.04~12.70), had higher fatigue (OR=1.02, 95% CI=1.01~1.04), and had lower professionalism (OR=0.98, 95% CI=0.96~0.99). It explained 23.7% of the variance in turnover intention.
Conclusion
The findings indicated that nurse administrators need to develop and provide customized intervention program to decrease fatigue and increase nursing professionalism to prevent turnover intention in clinical nurses working at a tertiary hospital.

Keyword

Nurses; Turnover intention; Fatigue; Nursing professionalism; Compassion satisfaction