Understanding new registered nurses' intent to stay at their jobs

Nursing turnover is costly for health care organizations. Newly licensed registered nurses work behavior is a complex process, influenced by their attitudes toward their work, personal characteristics, job opportunities, and workplace attributes. Several characteristics are significant in predicting...

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Published in:Nursing economic 2009-03, Vol.27 (2), p.81-98
Main Authors: Kovner, Christine T, Brewer, Carol S, Greene, William, Fairchild, Susan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Attitude of Health Personnel
Attitudes
Beliefs, opinions and attitudes
Collaboration
Distributive justice
Economic aspects
Education
Employee turnover
Employees
Employers
Employment
Hospitals
Human resource management
Humans
Job satisfaction
Nurses
Nurses - psychology
Nursing
Occupational stress
Personnel Turnover - economics
Practice
Psychological aspects
Registered nurses
Social Support
Stress, Psychological
Studies
United States
Wages & salaries
Workloads
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Summary:Nursing turnover is costly for health care organizations. Newly licensed registered nurses work behavior is a complex process, influenced by their attitudes toward their work, personal characteristics, job opportunities, and workplace attributes. Several characteristics are significant in predicting satisfaction (ethnicity, gender) and organizational commitment (patient load, mandatory overtime, shift, and unit type) and intent to stay (income, age) over and above work attitudes. Among the most important implications are how the findings can inform management and policy. Findings from this study provide information that may be useful for those organizations that want to decrease their turnover rates.
ISSN:0746-1739