Professional Identity and Turnover Intention among Staff Nurses in Different

Abstract

Background: Professional identity is a concept that attracted a great deal of attention at work place for better understanding of employees’ attitudes and work related outcomes. It helps staff nurses to persist in their job and profession for long period. Both professional identity and turnover intention are highly related to staff nurses work life. Aim: This research aims to assess nature of professional identity and examine its relationship with turnover intention among nurses in different sectorial hospitals. Research design: A comparative, correlational design was used. Study Subjects: 457staff nurses from Suez Canal university hospital and Shubra general hospital were participated in the study. Two tools were used namely; professional identity questionnaire and turnover intention questionnaire. Results: Professional identity was higher among staff nurses working in Suez Canal university hospital than staff nurses working in Shubra general hospital. Turnover intention was higher among staff nurses working in Shubra general hospital than staff nurses working in Suez Canal university hospital. Conclusion: There were statistically significant positive correlations between professional identity and staff nurses’ age and years of experience. There were statistically significant negative correlations between turnover intention and staff nurses’ age and years of experience. There was statistically negative correlation between professional identity and turn over intention among staff nurses in both study settings. Recommendations: develop staff nurses professionally through boosting up their assertive behavior. Nurse Managers should develop strategies to knob turnover intention. Keywords: Professional identity, Staff nurses, Turnover intention.