J Korean Clin Nurs Res.  2021 Apr;27(1):45-53. 10.22650/JKCNR.2021.27.1.45.

Factors Affecting Turnover Intention of Nurses Working in Neonatal Intensive Care Units

• Jun SH
• Lee MH
• Shim MS
• Lim HN

• KMID: 2515786
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.22650/JKCNR.2021.27.1.45

Abstract

Purpose
This study was conducted to assess the factors affecting turnover intention of the nurses working in neonatal intensive care units, including the extent of fatigue, work stresses, and work overload related to infection control.
Methods
This was a descriptive correlational study to test factors affecting the turnover intention of the nurses working in neonatal intensive care units. Data was analyzed utilizing descriptive statistics, t-test, One-way ANOVA, Pearsons’ Correlation Coefficient, and multiple regressions by using the IBM SPSS Statistics 23.0 Program(IBM Corp., Armonk, NY).
Results
The turnover intention of nurses had a positive correlation with the extent of fatigue (r=.54, p<.001), work stress (r=.40, p<.001), and with the work overload (r=.43, p<.001) related to infection control. In addition, factors affecting the turnover intention of nurses included the extent of fatigue (β=.52, p<.001) related to infection control and the number of pediatric patients assigned to each nurse (β=.26, p=.001) and the variances explained by the regression model was 37.0%.
Conclusion
It is necessary to establish and implement strategies to lower the extent of fatigue related to infection control by reducing the nurses’ workload. Securing additional nurses to ensure an appropriate number of pediatric patients assigned to each nurse, and providing efficient management and available resources to reduce the turnover intention of nurses working in neonatal intensive care units are suggested.

Keyword

Infection Control; Personnel Turnover; Fatigue; Neonatal Intensive Care Units