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Experiences of Nurse Turnover
Yun-Jung Lee, Kwuy-Bun Kim
Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing 2008;38(2):248-257.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2008.38.2.248
Published online: April 30, 2008

1Doctoral Student, Department of Nursing Science, Kyunghee University, Seoul, Korea.

2Professor, Department of Nursing Science, Kyunghee University, Seoul, Korea.

Address reprint requests to: Kim, Kwuy-Bun. Department of Nursing Science, Kyunghee University, 1 Hoegi-dong, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul 130-701, Korea. Tel: 82-2-961-0314, Fax: 82-2-961-9398, kuikim@khu.ac.kr
• Received: November 6, 2007   • Accepted: March 26, 2008

Copyright © 2008 Korean Society of Nursing Science

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  • Purpose
    This study was designed to search for nursing intervention strategies centering around the meaning structure of the nurse's turnover experience by applying phenomenological methods.
  • Methods
    The participants were 6 nurses in small and medium sized hospitals who had experienced at least 1 turnover. Data were collected used MP3 records. The data analysis was done by Giorgi (1985) method.
  • Results
    The results were divided into the following categories: 1) Careless decision: wrong decisions, imprudent desire, insufficient patience, unclear future, 2) Inappropriate working environment: irregular working hours, high workload, poor working environment, insufficient understanding of related divisions, lack of opinion collection, low salary, 3) Interpersonal relations problems: discord with colleagues, difficulty in relationships with others, difficulty in daily lives, 4) Lack of specialization: feeling of inertia, lack of role identification, lack of self identification, 5) Inappropriate coping: regret with clinical challenges, difficulty with a new environment, repentance, expectation, relative humility, 6) New self-dignity: expectation, new challenge, relaxing lives, decisions based on future-oriented confidence.
  • Conclusion
    The finding of this study will offer profound information on the nurse's turnover experience and provide basic raw materials for improving the quality of nursing performance and contribute to the development of hospital organization.
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