Psychiatric nurses' preferences for job: a discrete choice experiment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Psychiatric nurses are instrumental in enhancing accessibility to care and addressing the mental health care needs of individuals. However, the field faces a significant shortage of nurses coupled with a high turnover rate. Developing policies to attract or retain psychiatric nurses is imperative, but little is known about the preferences of psychiatric nurses regarding the economic and non-economic attributes of work. Here, a discrete choice experiment (DCE) was used to explore psychiatric nurses' job preferences.

Methods

A survey instrument was developed adhering to the design-principles of DCE. Psychiatric nurses were surveyed nationwide based on convenience sampling. A mixed logit model was used to estimate the psychiatric nurses' preferences. Willingness to p

SUBMITTER: Li HQ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11877894 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature