Factors Associated with Working During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Intent to Stay at Current Nursing Position.

ABSTRACT: The pandemic exacerbated job stress and burnout among nurses, increasing turnover and intentions to leave, in a workforce struggling with severe shortages. Shortages and turnover are associated with decreased quality of care, poor nurse health, and increased costs. This article reports the findings of a study that sought to identify characteristics of the job, work environment, and psychosocial health outcomes that may predict nurses' intent to stay at their current nursing position within the next year. Utilizing a cross-sectional design, we electronically surveyed working nurses (n = 629) during the summer of 2020 across 36 states. Demographics, work characteristics, and validated measures of anxiety, insomnia, and depressive symptoms were assessed. Logistic regression models identified

SUBMITTER: Leep-Lazar K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11907277 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature