The Influence Of Work Stress On Nurses’ Turnover Intention

The shortage of nursing personnel is a long-term issue facing medical institutions inside and outside China.How to reduce the turnover rate,increase the retention rate of nursing personnel,and maintain the competitiveness of medical institutions,have always been the points of focus.In particular,nurses at hospitals for infectious diseases,as an occupational group of both common and specific characteristics in the medical industry,are under great occupational stress from the complex working environment and targets of service.These stressors have so far proved to be strong drivers towards the termination of their employment relationships.To mitigate the impact of high occupational stress levels on the predictor variable of turnover—turnover intention,this research introduces positive organizational behavior(POB)and the job demand-resource theory to analyze the effect of occupational stress for nurses at hospitals for infectious diseases on their turnover intention.Moreover,in order to find an effective intervention path for lowering the turnover rate,this study built an intervention model illustrating the moderating roles of psychological capital and family support on the relationship between the nurses’ occupational stress and turnover intention.Taking into account the analyses and descriptions reported by existing research on the status quo of occupational stress,turnover intention,family support,and psychological capital,the theoretical framework and research model were built.Sample data were collected from a questionnaire survey distributed to the nurses working for the hospital for infectious diseases in CD.The statistics collected from the 322 valid data were then analyzed using SPSS22.0 and AMOS24.0.Subsequently,the valid data were demographically analyzed,after which the reliability and validity of the dimensions and question items of each quantifying scale were tested.Then,successively,a descriptive statistical analysis was conducted on the sample data distribution,followed by a correlation analysis on each dimension and variable,before finally carrying out a regression analysis to draw the following conclusions:(1)the nurses’ occupational stress shows a significant positive correlation to their turnover intentions,in that the greater the occupational stress,the clearer the turnover intention;(2)psychological capital has a moderating role on the relationship between occupational stress and turnover intention,in that it can interfere with the positive impact of occupational stress on the nurses’ turnover intentions;(3)family support also plays a moderating role on the occupational stress-turnover intention relationship,in that family support can interfere with the positive impact of occupational stress on nurses’ turnover intention.This research has innovatively:(1)enriched the knowledge base on nurses working at hospitals for infectious diseases;the uniqueness of this particular group meant that it is subject to internal and external influences that are different from other nurses at public hospitals;as such,stabilizing the any employment turbulence confronted by this nurse group will help guarantee the sound development of public health;(2)diversified the research on the main effect of occupational stress and turnover intention,especially in the context highlighted by the differences between nurses working at hospitals for infectious diseases versus those serving public hospitals,thereby revealing the impact of occupational stress on the turnover intention of nurses at hospitals for infectious diseases;(3)reinforced the existing theoretical framework on family support and psychological capital—both of which,as modulators of the positive correlation between the nurses’ occupational stress and turnover intention,have led to the discovery of an effective intervention path for turnover intention.