Original Research Article
Year: 2021 | Month: January | Volume: 11 | Issue: 1 | Pages: 61-65
Job Stress and Turnover Intention among Nurses in Selected Hospital: Correlational Study
MD. Quazi N1, Florence Dsouza2, Soumya R3, Shefali T4, Sheryl C5, Valsa T6
1Nursing Supervisor, 2Ex.Infection Control Nurse, 3Nurse Executive, 4Nurse executive, 5Deputy Director Nursing, 6Director Nursing, Dr. LH Hiranandani Hospital, Mumbai
Corresponding Author: MD. Quazi N
ABSTRACT
Nurses working at the bedside undergo various stressors which lead to burnout and in turn lead to high turnover intention, leading to burden on the management as they need to recruit, appoint and train new staff.
The objective of the study was to find the level of stress and turn over intention among the Nurses and to find the correlation between the stress and turnover intention.
Methodology: A correlational study was conducted on 122 samples at Dr. LH Hiranandani Hospital. Sampling was done using a convenient sampling technique. Three tools were used for collecting the data. Tool I: consisting of Demographic data, Tool II: consisted of Likert Scale on Job stress. (Max. Score 75) and Tool III: - Likert Scale on Nurse’s turnover intention. (Max. Score 100).
Result: Data analysis was done using frequency percentage and correlation analysis was done using Karl Pearson’s correlation (r). The analysis of the data showed that a majority (52.46%) of the staff nurses had moderate job stress. Also a Majority of them (66.39%) had moderate turnover intentions. There was a high correlation between the job stress and turnover intention (r=0.7) (p<0.05). It can be concluded from the study that stress, burnout at the workplace and the turnover intention is correlated and the organization has to take measures to ensure job satisfaction among the employees.
Key words: Job stress, Turnover intention, Nurses, Hospital.