Exploring the reasons behind nurses' intentions to leave their hospital or profession: A cross-sectional survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Multiple factors can fuel nurses' intention to leave their employing hospital or their profession. Job dissatisfaction and burnout are contributors to this decision. Sociodemographic and work context factors can also play a role in explaining nurses' intention to leave.

Objective

To investigate the role of sociodemographic and work context factors, including job resources, job demands, job dissatisfaction, depersonalization, and emotional exhaustion, on nurses' intention to leave their hospital or their profession.

Design

Multicentre cross-sectional study.

Settings

Eight European hospitals, two per each country, including Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy, and Poland.

Participants

From May 16 to September 30, 2022, we collected 1,350 complete re

SUBMITTER: Enea M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11367642 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature