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KMID : 1004620140200010015
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Clinical Nursing Research
2014 Volume.20 No. 1 p.15 ~ p.27
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A Study of Hospital Nurse’s Intention to Keep Nursing Job
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Lee Eun-Hee
Cho Kyung-Sook
Son Haeng-Mi
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Abstract
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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify nurse’s intention to keep current job in the hospital.
Methods: Data were collected from 1,143 nurse’s working in over 300 beds hospital. The questionnaire with 47 items wasdeveloped by researchers to measure nurse’s intention to keep his/her current nursing job in hospital. Thequestionnaire was developed through a focus group interview asking nurse’s about their work experiences andliterature review, and validated by researchers. Using descriptive statistics, data were analyzed in frequency andseverity of nurse’s intention to keep nursing job. The Cronbach’s α of the questionnaire was .906.
Results: Themean score of nurse’s intention to keep current nursing job was 2.66. The highest mean scores of item of nurse’sintention to keep nursing job was “as a nurse it is my duty to help others” (3.19±0.45), and the lowest was “therotating shift helps me doing housework and raise for my kids” (1.77±0.64). And there are significant differencesbetween period of working (F=9.71, p<.001), current position (F=5.91, p<.001), educational level (F=13.44,p<.001), and impulse experience of changing a job (F=71.20, p<.001).
Conclusion: The findings of this study showed possibilities to develop programs for heightening the pride of professional nurse and increasing nurse’sintention to keep nursing job in order to increase nurse’s professional satisfaction and achievement.
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KEYWORD
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Intention, Nurse, Hospital
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