Predictors of actual turnover among nurses working in Korean hospitals: A nationwide longitudinal survey study

Abstract

Many countries are experiencing nursing shortages, which increases nurses' work demands (Kovner et al., 2014). In the United States (US), 80% of newly licensed registered nurses worked in hospitals, and they reported higher levels of turnover compared with experienced nurses (Kovner et al., 2016). The average tenure of Korean nurses is reported to be 5.4 years, with a 12.4% turnover rate (Hospital Nurses Association, 2019a).There are several issues confronting the nursing workforce in Korea. In 2016, the number of practising nurses in Korea was 3.5 per 1,000 people, which falls well behind the United States

Noneconomic and economic impacts of nurse turnover in hospitals: A systematic review

“…This underlying mechanism of turnover–outcome relationships was partially supported. The relationship between turnover and outcome can be explained by work conditions (Bae et al., 2021). High turnover can create poor work conditions that might be detrimental to the patient quality of care and their safety.…”

“…Nurse turnover is costly and compromises quality of care and outcomes (Bae et al., 2021). As demonstrated earlier, previous studies have primarily investigated the factors contributing to turnover (Falatah & Salem, 2018; Halter et al., 2017; McDermid et al., 2020).…”

Mapping the Global Research Landscape on the Nurse Resilience Management: A Bibliometric Analysis

“…At the same time, the low professional interest and engagement provoke the nurse turnover. The findings from the literature analysis show that nurse turnover provokes quality degradation and loss of efficiency in healthcare (Bae et al, 2021) causing an adverse economic impact (Halter et al, 2017). Having systemized the global scientific investigations on the economic impact of nurse turnover, Li & Jones (2013) found that the nursing turnover costs were from 0.31 to 1.3 times the average nurse salary.…”

Communication competence and resilience are modifiable factors for burnout of operating room nurses in South Korea

“…Based on a recent meta-analysis [ 2 ] on the extent of compassion satisfaction and fatigue and burnout, the rate of nurse burnout was reported to be 52%. Regionally, it was reported that the nurse burnout rate was highest in Southeast Asia including South Korea [ 3 ], and Korean nurses revealed higher levels of burnout through a nationwide survey [ 4 ], which was a predictor of actual turnover [ 5 ]. Burnout has a variety of negative impacts on both the personal and professional life of nurses, and furthermore, nurse burnout has been directly or indirectly associated with patient safety, quality of care, and patient satisfaction [ 6 – 8 ].…”