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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2015.16.1.453

Hospital Nurse Turnover Rate and Structural Characteristics of Hospital  

Cho, Hye-Kyung (Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science, Dae Kyeung University)
Lee, Tae-Yong (Department of Preventive Medicine, Chungnam National University, School of Medicine and Research Institute for Medical Sciences)
Kim, Chul-Woung (Department of Preventive Medicine, Chungnam National University, School of Medicine and Research Institute for Medical Sciences)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.16, no.1, 2015 , pp. 453-461 More about this Journal
Abstract
The aim of this study was to find out the relationship between hospital structural factors and nurses' turnover rate. Nurse turnover rate and the hospital's characteristics was using Statistics for Hospital Management Data of Korean Health Industry Development Institute. The data were reported 247 hospitals in 2008 all over the country. The turnover rate among nurses was 32.0% in Korea as of 2008; those factors actually affecting the rate included whether the hospital was managed publicly or privately, the hospital size, region, the average salary for nurses, and the number of nurses per 100 beds. While each hospital had the turnover rate correlated with the total number of beds (r=-.322), the average salary for nurses(r=-.186) and the number of nurses per 100 beds (r=-.390), variables explaining the turnover rate were whether the hospital was managed publicly or privately, the number of beds, and the number of nurses per 100 beds ($R^2=.257$). In conclusion, nurses working in a privately-managed hospital and hospitals which had a smaller number of beds and which had a smaller number of nurses per 100 beds showed a higher turnover rate. Further study is required to elucidate the factors of the nurses' turnover.
Keywords
Hospital nurse; Turnover rate; Ownership; 100 beds; Total beds number;
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