Urol. praxi. 2018;19(2):95-98 | DOI: 10.36290/uro.2018.065

Nurses' intention to leave the profession

Mgr. Jana Heczková¹, prof. MUDr. et Mgr. Alan Bulava, Ph.D.^{2, 3, 4}

¹ 1. lékařská fakulta Univerzity Karlovy, Praha

² Kardiocentrum Nemocnice České Budějovice, a.s.

³ Zdravotně sociální fakulta Jihočeské univerzity v Českých Budějovicích

⁴ Lékařská fakulta Univerzity Palackého v Olomouci

The shortage of healthcare workers is currently considered a serious global problem. This could be further escalated due to theexpected demographic changes in the future. Finding a solution how to prevent qualified and experienced nurses from leavingtheir profession may be critical. Currently available evidence suggests that the main reason for a decision to leave nursing maynot only be the level of remuneration or individual characteristics of nurses, but above all a large number of factors affecting thequality of work environment. Those factors influence not only the increasing nursing turnover but also affect negatively the qualityof the provided health care. Addressing the quality of the work environment seems to be essential in order to achieve optimalnumber of health care workers including nurses in the future, as well as to bring the quality of provided care to the optimal level.

Keywords: nurse shortage, work environment, quality of care

Published: May 1, 2018  Show citation