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Vacancy, stability, and turnover of registered nurses in hospitals
Author(s) -
Prescott Patricia A.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
research in nursing and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1098-240X
pISSN - 0160-6891
DOI - 10.1002/nur.4770090109
Subject(s) - workload , staffing , variance (accounting) , nursing , turnover , job satisfaction , turnover intention , stepwise regression , regression analysis , medicine , psychology , business , statistics , social psychology , computer science , operating system , accounting , management , mathematics , economics
The purpose of this study was to determine if organizational, administrative, and practice factors differentiate among hospitals and patient care units as to registered nurse vacancy, stability, and turnover rates. Data from 90 patient care units in 15 hospitals are reported. Results from stepwise multiple regression indicate that 52% of the variability in vacancy, 56% of the variance in registered nurse stability, and 42% of the variance in relative turnover rates were explained by seven variables. Important predictors included nursing workload, characteristics of nurse staffing and practice, as well as job satisfaction. These findings indicate that a combination of organizational attributes and staff attitudes are important for understanding nurse staffing.