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Exploring factors influencing the retention of nurses in a religious hospital in Taiwan: a cross-sectional quantitative study.

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Background

Long-term deficits in the nursing labor force and high turnover rates are common in the Taiwanese medical industry. Little research has investigated the psychological factors associated with the retention of nursing staff. However, in practice, religious hospitals often provide nursing staff with education in medicine or the medical humanities to enhance their psychological satisfaction. The objective of this study was to explore factors influencing nursing staff retention in their work in relation to different levels of needs. A further objective was to investigate whether medical humanities education was associated with the retention of nursing staff.

Methods

This study used self-administrated questionnaires to survey nurses working in northern areas of Taiwan. The questionnaire design was based on the six levels of Maslow's hierarchy of needs. Participation was voluntary, and the participants signed informed consent documents. Self-administrated questionnaires were distributed to a total of 759 participants, and 729 questionnaires were returned (response rate 96.04%). Logistic regression analysis was used to estimate the impact of seniority on nurses' reported intention to stay after adjustment for nurse characteristics (gender and age).

Results

In the Pearson correlation analysis, nurses' willingness to stay was moderately correlated with "physical needs", "safety needs", "love and belonging needs", and "esteem needs" (r?=?0.559, P?ConclusionsWith regard to medical humanities education, we recommend adjusting training, as the compulsory activities included in the official programs are inadequate, and adjusting the number of required hours of medical humanities education. Tailoring different educational programs to different groups (especially nurses who have worked 3-5?years or 5-10?years in the case study hospital) might improve acceptance by nursing staff.

SUBMITTER: Chiao LH

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7953797 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

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Exploring factors influencing the retention of nurses in a religious hospital in Taiwan: a cross-sectional quantitative study.

Chiao Li-Hua LH Wu Chiu-Feng CF Tzeng I-Shiang IS Teng An-Na AN Liao Ru-Wen RW Yu Li Ying LY Huang Chin Min CM Pan Wei-Han WH Chen Chu-Yueh CY Su Tsai-Tsu TT

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<h4>Background</h4>Long-term deficits in the nursing labor force and high turnover rates are common in the Taiwanese medical industry. Little research has investigated the psychological factors associated with the retention of nursing staff. However, in practice, religious hospitals often provide nursing staff with education in medicine or the medical humanities to enhance their psychological satisfaction. The objective of this study was to explore factors influencing nursing staff retention in ...[more]

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