Educating to Exhaustion: Intention to Leave Among US Full-Time Nursing Faculty.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

The aim of this study was to examine the relationships between work efforts and rewards with intention to leave and burnout among full-time nurse educators.

Background

The nursing faculty shortage is a contributor to the nursing shortage. Poor balance between work efforts and rewards may contribute to intention to leave.

Method

A cross-sectional survey of US nurse faculty examined work efforts, rewards, burnout, and intention to leave. Structural equation modeling was used to evaluate the relationships among variables.

Results

Among 588 participants, efforts and rewards both had significant effects on burnout. Burnout and rewards had significant effects on intention to leave. Relationships between efforts, rewards, and intention to leave were significantly

SUBMITTER: Christianson J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12911495 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Mar-Apr 01

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature