남자간호사의 병원간호사에서 소방공무원으로의 이직 의도

Abstract

This is a qualitative study that applied the focus group interview research method in order to explore turnover intentions of male nurses from hospital nurses to firefighters. The purpose of this study is to prevent the turnover of male nurses by gaining an in-depth understanding of clinical experiences of male nurses and analyzing major factors in the clinical field that affect the turnover to firefighters, and to provide basic data to prepare measures that can be applied to the clinical site. The study data targeted 10 male firefighters, former male nurses, who were first assigned as firefighters and receiving training at the fire service academy. The main questions were “What motivated you to decide to change your job to a firefighter?” and “How was your clinical work experience?”. As a result of the analysis, 34 meaning units were created, and 15 subcategories and 5 categories were derived. The five categories were analyzed as ‘skepticism about adequate compensation and future vision of nursing,’ ‘organizational culture that is difficult to be harmonized as an insider,’ ‘disrespected role and position,’ ‘vulnerable support system of nursing organization within the hospital,’ and ‘challenges to a new role.’
 Based on the study results, it was found that in order to prevent the turnover of male nurses, measures to overcome gender stereotypes that reflect the special characteristics of the clinical field should be prepared, and sufficient training courses, generosity that supports the process of juniors’ growth, and servant leadership should be established. It is also believed that systematic institutional support is required to represent the difficulties in clinical fields and improve the rights and treatment of nurses.