Factors Influencing the Turnover Intention of COVID-19 Ward and General Ward Nurses in Public Hospitals / 한국직업건강간호학회지

ABSTRACT

Purpose@#This study aimed to determine the factors influencing the turnover intention of nurses in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and general wards. @*Methods@#Data were collected through a survey of 340 nurses at seven public hospitals in Gyeonggi Province from October 12 to October 30 in 2020. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-tests, ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficient and multiple regression. @*Results@#The job demand stress of nurses in COVID-19 wards was 63.99±8.05 points, which was lower than 65.77±7.35 points of nurses in general wards. The turnover intention of nurses in COVID-19 wards was 3.24±0.74 points, which was higher than the 3.06±0.67 points of those in general wards. The multiple regression analysis indicates that the factors affecting the turnover intention of the two groups (COVID-19 and general wards) were type of wards (β=-.15, p<.001), age (COVID-19 wards β=-.37, p<.001, General wards β=-.40, p<.001), job resource stress (COVID-19 wards β=.52, p<.001, general indicates β=.60, p<.001), and clinical experience in present wards (COVID-19 β=.13, p=.021). @*Conclusion@#The results indicate that nurses who care for COVID-19 patients have higher turnover intentions than general nurses and suggests that a decrease in the job resource stress is vital for reducing nurse turnover intentions.