An investigation of turnover intention and reasons of contract nurses in the third level hospital of PLA

Abstract

Objective To analyze the turnover intention and reasons of contract nurses and explore the intervention methods in order to decrease the turnover intention. Methods Two handred contract nurses came from the third level hospital of PLA in BeiJing were investigated by the Nurse' s Basic Information Schedule Table, the Turnover Intention Questionnaire, and the Turnover Reasons Questionnaire. All of the data were collected and analyzed. Results The scores of turnover intention were (17.29 ± 3.82) and 73.63% of contract nurses had high turnover intentions. The indictors including Age, income, educational background, the time of working and night shift affected the turnover intention of nurses. The reasons of turnover tension were the low welfare, the high working stress, absence of professional value, dissatisfied with management policy and the others factors. Conclusions The managers of the hospitals should take effective measures to reduce the turnover intention and pay more attention to improve the welfare, management pohcy, working environment and developmental opportunities for contact nurses. Key words: Engaging System Nurses; Turnover Intention; Reason; Measure