Nurses' job satisfaction, absenteeism, and turnover after implementing a special care unit practice model

Comprehensive systematic review of evidence on developing and sustaining nursing leadership that fosters a healthy work environment in healthcare

“…The percentage of absent hours was significantly lower in the SCU environment than for the nurses in the ICU environment (mean = 1.2, SD = 1.5 and mean = 2.8, SD = 2.9, respectively, P < 0.05) 2 . There were no significant differences between the two groups in turnover rates with an average of 24% of nurses in both groups resigning each year 2 . Perception and preference of the work environment was divided into work technology, practice model and management model as well as being measured as total perception and preference.…”

“…An experimental study examined whether a change in the traditional intensive care practice environment to an environment that fostered autonomy, self‐regulation and outcome‐orientated practice based on patient‐centred decision‐making would produce an improvement in job satisfaction, absenteeism and turnover rates among staff 2 …”

“…The results of the study showed SCU nurses reported greater satisfaction than ICU nurses with payment and supervisory dimensions ( P < 0.5); however, there were no other differences in general satisfaction or other dimensions of satisfaction (Table 3). 2 …”

Interventions that promote retention of experienced registered nurses in health care settings: a systematic review

“…Among the three studies, one study observed no significant difference in turnover among the study setting when compared with a traditional intensive care unit (Song et al . ). The other two studies noted an improvement in retention.…”

Organization of nursing care as a determinant of job satisfaction among hospital nurses

“…This is in accordance with some earlier evidence. Using the same job satisfaction questionnaire as used here, the greatest differences in specific satisfactions between nurses applying shared governance management (a model close to primary nursing) and other nurses was in supervisory satisfaction (Song et al. 1997).…”