Study Nurses Job Satisfaction and Their Intention to Turnover at University Hospitals

Abstract

The more hospitals seeking for accreditation standards the more nurse turnover increases at all hospital categories. Intent to leave work is one of the most accurate predictors of turnover, as for university hospitals, the problem of organizational leave is added. Lack of nurses and nurse turnover at university hospitals represent a major problem for nursing and health-care in terms of the ability to care for patients, the quality of care and costs. So, the main purpose of this study was to assess nurses' intention to turnover and examine the impact of job satisfaction on their intention to leave; a descriptive correlation research design was used to currently practicing nurses in Ain -shams and Fayoum university hospitals. A total of (315) nurses had employed in two universities hospitals were included in the study. Data collection tool which used through this research was the Nurse intention to leave, and the McCloskey Mueller Satisfaction Scale developed by Fadi El-Jardali (2009) and adopted by the researcher. The results of this research showed a significant association with intention to leave was found among nurses have 1 to 5 years of experience, intent to leave the country, and significant among male nurses. In comparison between the two universities sample showed that plan to leave the profession among nurses in Ain shams university hospitals was highly significant difference than Fayoum hospital moreover, the intention to leave is significantly associated with their job satisfaction. The Study findings demonstrate linkages between job satisfaction and intent to leave, increasing the intention to leave will increase nurse's turnover. A cross sectional study for estimating the intention to leave among Egyptian nurses at all universities is recommended strongly .