Status quo analysis and strategy of resignation of contracted nurses

Abstract

Objective To analyze the resignation status quo of contracted nurses, so as to establish an effective management mechanism and system for them. Methods 123 contracted nurses who resigned from our hospital from 2005 to 2007 were selected, collecting their individual skill files and undertaking the statistics analysis for the reasons. Results The rate of resignation was from 10.2% to 11.2%. Among the resigned contracted nurses, 62.5% of them resigned before 25 years old;The rate of initiative resignation decreased gradually the three late years (P＜0.05);86.2% of the contracted nurses resigned in the first 5 years and 48% of them were nurses of 1～2 years;The flint three reasons of resignation were changing employment (40%), individual reasons to hometown (29%), and incompetence for occupation (13%);It was an inverse ratio between the working lifetime and the number of resigned contracted nurses who broke the promises.Conclusions It is necessary to formulate the employment specification that suits the hospital feature under the new laber contract law so as to deplete or to avoid the initiative resignation of the contracted nurses. Key words: Contracted nurse; Resignation; Specification