The correlation between perceived factors, nursing turnover and retention rates in selected in-patient units of public tertiary level hospitals under ministry of public health

Name: Joy Hope C. Lambayong

Name: Patcharaporn Tajai

Name: Sarah Jane Racal

keyword: Nursing turnover

Classification :.NLM: WY 16

; Nurses retention rate

; Government hospitals

Abstract: The phenomenon of nursing shortage threatens the national health condition, profit, and economic status. Health care milieu in Thailand reflects on these, lensed through the statistics of turnover and retention of healthcare providers particularly nurses which remained as an unsolved national problem. This study is descriptive-correlational centered on the perceived factors of nursing turnover as correlates of retention rates in selected nursing units of government tertiary hospitals in Thailand. A standardized research made questionnaire has been administered to 295 nurses. Findings show that most of the respondents were young adult female nurses (98%) who are mostly college graduate (94%) assigned in the different areas of the hospital. Low salary (M=3.49), lack of benefits (M=3.49), burnout (M=3.25), lack of promotion (M=3.22) and career opportunities (M=3.12) were most of the internal factors of turnover perceived by nurses. External factors of nurses’ turnover were mostly due to high nurse-patient ratio (M=3.13), heavy workload (M=3.07), poor organizational system (M=3.07), shifting schedule (M=3.03) & work stress (M=2.93). Staff nurse’s turnover is higher than (29.5%) than retention (18%) which likely to happened in the future (intention to leave at 30%). Retention of nurses are significant with age (p=0.00), working experience (p=0.00) area of specialization (p=0.00), position (p=0.01), factors of nurses’ turnover (p=0.00) and the actual record of nurses’ turnover (p=0.00). This study concluded that turnover and retention of nurses is a pressing concern that needs comprehensive and collaborative intervention to achieve the national development goals. Variables that are significant in the retention and turnover of nurses must be deeply examined.

Christian University of Thailand. Learning Resource Center and Library

Address: NAKHONPATHOM

Email: library@christian.ac.th

Name: Christian University of Thailand

Role: funding agency

Created: 2021

Modified: 2565-03-14

Issued: 2022-03-14

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CallNumber: WY 16 L35 2021

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