Journal of Korean Clinical Nursing Research (임상간호연구)

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Factors Affecting Turnover Intention of Nurses Working in Neonatal Intensive Care Units

신생아 집중치료실 간호사의 이직의도에 미치는 영향요인

  • Jun, Sun Hwa (Department of Nursing, Konyang University Hospital.College of Nursing, Konyang University) ;
  • Lee, Mi Hyang (College of Nursing, Konyang University) ;
  • Shim, Moon Sook (College of Nursing, Konyang University) ;
  • Lim, Hyo Nam (College of Nursing, Konyang University)
  • 전선화 (건양대학교병원.건양대학교 간호대학) ;
  • 이미향 (건양대학교 간호대학) ;
  • 심문숙 (건양대학교 간호대학) ;
  • 임효남 (건양대학교 간호대학)
  • Received : 2020.11.12
  • Accepted : 2021.02.22
  • Published : 2021.04.30
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Abstract

Purpose: This study was conducted to assess the factors affecting turnover intention of the nurses working in neonatal intensive care units, including the extent of fatigue, work stresses, and work overload related to infection control. Methods: This was a descriptive correlational study to test factors affecting the turnover intention of the nurses working in neonatal intensive care units. Data was analyzed utilizing descriptive statistics, t-test, One-way ANOVA, Pearsons' Correlation Coefficient, and multiple regressions by using the IBM SPSS Statistics 23.0 Program(IBM Corp., Armonk, NY). Results: The turnover intention of nurses had a positive correlation with the extent of fatigue (r=.54, p<.001), work stress (r=.40, p<.001), and with the work overload (r=.43, p<.001) related to infection control. In addition, factors affecting the turnover intention of nurses included the extent of fatigue (β=.52, p<.001) related to infection control and the number of pediatric patients assigned to each nurse (β=.26, p=.001) and the variances explained by the regression model was 37.0%. Conclusion: It is necessary to establish and implement strategies to lower the extent of fatigue related to infection control by reducing the nurses' workload. Securing additional nurses to ensure an appropriate number of pediatric patients assigned to each nurse, and providing efficient management and available resources to reduce the turnover intention of nurses working in neonatal intensive care units are suggested.

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