Abstract:
The purpose of this research was to explore the factors that can predict the retention of professional nurse in private hospitals, Bangkok Metropolis. The sample consisted of 305 professional nurses from 3 private hospitals in Bangkok Metropolis. They were selected by simple random sampling technic. Research instruments were personal factors, nurse - practice environment, and intention to stay in organization questionnaires, which were confirmed content validity by experts, content validity index was .92. Cronbrach s alpha coefficient was .96. Data were analyzed by frequency, percentage, mean, standard- deviation, Eta Coefficient, Chi-square and logistic regression. The research finding were as follows: 1. There was significant relationship between age, income, working hours, the number of working years, nurse - participation in hospital affairs, nursing foundation for quality of care, nurse manager leadership and support of nurse, staffing and resource adequacy, collegial nurse-physicain relations, safety environment, and the retention of professional nurse in private hospitals, Bangkok Metropolis. 2. The factors that can predict the retention of professional nurse in private hospitals, Bangkok Metropolis were nurse - participation in hospital affairs (Odds ratio = 1.112) and Staffing and resource adequacy (Odds ratio = 1.137) at p value < .05