Variables that induce hospital nurses to leave their jobs

ABSTRACT

The present study was conducted to identify variables that induce nurses to leave their job. The sample was limited to nurses working in two public general hospitals in two areas Kasr Elany Hospital in Cairo and Tanta General Hospital in Tanta. A questionnaire was designed to collect data on demographic variables, degree of satisfaction, a part for ranking 15 variables according to their priority in inducing nurses to leave job, and a question to know if the nurse wanted to leave job or not was included. Findings of the study revealed that nurses desire to leave job was induced by their dissatisfaction and unmet needs. As well as the contradiction of family responsibilities with some aspects of the job. The logical conclusion that nursing department requires an administrative philosophy and manpower management that pay attention to personal and professional development as well as job enlargement