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- Title
Schedule-Related Effects on Nurse Retention.
- Authors
Choi, Thomas; Jameson, Helen; Brekke, Milo L.; Anderson, James G.; Podratz, Rosalyn O.
- Abstract
The nursing shortage of the late 1970s, a phenomenon that is repeating itself, was a critical lesson not only for those closely associated with health care but for everyone concerned with management and the quality of work life. This article reports on the testing of a predictive model of nurses; intention to resign. Two types of such intention, each affecting hospitals and the nursing profession, are (a) intention to leave the job, that is, leaving one hospital for another, and (b) intention to leave the profession altogether. The model reflects the assumption that a nurse's work schedule is fundamental to much of the discrepancy between what a nurse expects and experiences of various aspects of professional and personal life. The model also posits that this type of discrepancy—when expectation exceeds actual experience—triggers a level of overall dissatisfaction that can lead to a nurse's decision to leave the hospital or nursing altogether. Predictive variables used in the model are intended to be policy relevant; that is, subject to the influence of hospital and nursing decision makers. The nursing shortage of the late 1970s, a phenomenon that is repeating itself, was a critical lesson not only for those closely associated with health care but for everyone concerned with management and the quality of work life. This article reports on the testing of a predictive model of nurses; intention to resign. Two types of such intention, each affecting hospitals and the nursing profession, are (a) intention to leave the job, that is, leaving one hospital for another, and (b) intention to leave the profession altogether. The model reflects the assumption that a nurse's work schedule is fundamental to much of the discrepancy between what a nurse expects and experiences of various aspects of professional and personal life. The model also posits that this type of discrepancy—when expectation exceeds actual experience—triggers a level of overall...
- Subjects
NURSES; WORKING hours; DECISION making; RESIGNATION of employees
- Publication
Western Journal of Nursing Research, 1989, Vol 11, Issue 1, p92
- ISSN
0193-9459
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/019394598901100108