The findings from this review place an emphasis on hospitals to implement policies to address lack of preparedness among their employees. Furthermore, this review highlights the benefit of further research and provision of well-grounded disaster exercises that mimic actual events to enhance the preparedness of the nursing workforce.
Nurse educators may consider the use of formulation and implementation of empirically tested interventions to reduce stress while enhancing coping skills.
Objectives
The unrelenting migration trend of Filipino nurses to other countries has threatened the quality of patient care services in the country. This study explored the extent of nurses' organizational commitment and turnover intention in the Philippines. Furthermore, predictors of nurses’ organizational commitment and turnover intention were identified.
Methods
A cross-sectional research design was adopted for this study. Two hundred nurses from nine rural hospitals in the Central Philippines were asked to participate in the study and 166 nurses responded (an 83% response rate). Two standardized instruments were used: the Organizational Commitment Questionnaire and the Six-item Turnover Intention Inventory Scale.
Results
Findings revealed that Philippine nurses were moderately committed (3.13 ± 0.24) to and were undecided (2.42 ± 0.67) whether or not to leave their organization. Nurses' age (
P
= 0.006), gender, (
t
= -2.25,
P
= 0.026), education (
t
= 2.38,
P
< 0.001), rank(
t
= 4.38,
P
< 0.001), and work experience (
t
= 2.18,
P
= 0.031) correlated significantly with organizational commitment, while nurses’ age (
P
= 0.028) and education (
t
= 1.99,
P
= 0.048) correlated significantly with turnover intention. An inverse relationship was identified between the organizational commitment and turnover intention (
r
= −0.22,
P
= 0.005).
Conclusion
The findings of this study highlight the need for formulation and implementation of interventions to promote life-long commitment in nurses and to reduce turnover rates.
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