Abstract

Background: Turnover of nurse was still a challenge and concern for nursing and hospital management. Nurses who voluntarily leave the organization were threat to nursing organization. Turnover among nurse was contributed factor to the decline in the number of nurses worldwide. High turnover among nurse causes losses to the organization in terms of costs, resources and nurses’ motivation. Turnover among nurses was ranked highest in the team of health professionals.
 
 Objectives: The aim of this study was to know how the effect of burnout syndrome on the level of intention to leave among nurses.
 
 Methods: This study was used explanatory design with a cross sectional with 126 respondents. Data were collected using a questionnaire that has been tested for validity and reliability. The variables included burnout syndrome and turnover intention. Data were analyzed using binary logistic regression techniques.
 
 Results: The significant value of logistic regression test was obtained at 0.003 (<α=0.05). So, burnout syndrome has a significant direct effect to intention to leave among nurse. If burnout syndrome higher, intention to leave will be higher too.
 
 Conclusion: Dimensions of emotional and physical exhaustion are dominant to increase intention to leave of nurse. Intervention that can be made to reduce nurse burnout among nurse through personal focus to strengthen individual coping strategies to confront of stress, while organizational roles focus on reducing job demands among nurse.

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