Investigation on the intention to stay of clinical nurses in Hangzhou third-level hospital

Abstract

Objective To investigate the present status of clinical nurses′ intention to stay in Hangzhou third-level hospital and provide the reference for government to draw up relevant policies. Methods A total of 458 clinical nurses had been chosen by stratified sampling method from 5 third-level hospitals, and were surveyed by intention to stay questionnaire. Results The score of intention to stay for clinical nurses was (3.37±0.8), and 60.5% of nurses presented that if they had any other appropriate job opportunities, they would like to break away from nurses job. The stay intention among nurses with different work experience had statistical significance (F=5.147; P<0.05). The total score of nurse job satisfaction was (3.11±0.91), in which the unpleasant part of nursing job included workload, the recognition of work by society, salary and benefits. Conclusions The main issues in the clinical were over workload, disapprobation of nursing work, salary and benefits. The policy maker should pay attention on the stability of nursing team, carry out relevant regulations to minimize workload, enhance nurses′ salary and benefits and so many other problems, and inspired nurses′ job enthusiasm. Key words: Data collection; Clinical nursing staff; Intention to stay; Third-level hospital