Resignation of nurses: Is it preventable.

The present study relating to job satisfaction involved 440 registered nurses at Siriraj Hospital; 40.7 percent of those surveyed indicated that they were dissatisfied with their jobs. The causes of job dissatisfaction leading to resignation were having to work on nightshifts and difficult work, low salary, lack of job promotion and “burn-out”. Approaches to solving these problems include providing opportunites for selecting jobs and changing existing job opportunites and appropriate fringe benefits.