J Korean Crit Care Nurs.  2024 Oct;17(3):25-36. 10.34250/jkccn.2024.17.3.25.

Effect of Transition Shock on Intention to Stay in Newly Graduated Nurses : The Mediating Effect of Positive Psychological Capital

• Kam H
• Kim C
• Yoon Y
• Shin H
• Lee J
• Kim M

• KMID: 2560209
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.34250/jkccn.2024.17.3.25

Abstract

Purpose
: This study was conducted to identify the relationship between transition shock and intention to stay among newly graduated nurses and the mediating effect of positive psychological capital.
Methods
This was a cross-sectional study that included a total of 155 newly graduated nurses at one hospital, recruited from June to September 2023. The data were analyzed using SPSS 27.0 and SPSS PROCESS macro model 4.
Results
There were significant relationships between transition shock and intention to stay (r=-.47, p ＜.001), transition shock and positive psychological capital (r=-.64, p ＜.001), and positive psychological capital and intention to stay (r=.51, p ＜.001). Positive psychological capital showed a mediating effect in the relationship between transition shock and intention to stay among newly graduated nurses.
Conclusion
These results indicated that transition shock directly affected newly graduated nurses’ intention to stay, indirectly affecting it through positive psychological capital. Therefore, programs and strategies to reduce transition shock and increase positive psychological capital are needed in order to improve newly graduated nurses’ intention to stay.

Keyword

Nurses, Acclimatization, Personnel turnover, Mediation analysis; 간호사, 적응, 직원이직, 매개분석