Intensive Care Unit Nurses' Perceived Empowerment, Caring, Job Satisfaction, and Intent to Leave or Intent to Stay within Central Canadian Hospitals
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2016
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Jacoby, Amanda
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Intensive care unit nursing shortages are an ongoing issue within the Canadian healthcare system. The goal of this thesis research was to better understand Manitoban intensive care unit (ICU) nurses’ intent to leave or stay. An adapted version of the Conceptual Framework for Predicting Nurse Retention provided the framework to examine ICU nurses’ perceived empowerment, caring, job satisfaction and intent to leave or stay. An online survey was distributed by the College of Registered Nurses of Manitoba to 630 ICU nurses in Manitoba. Ethical approval was obtained from the Education Nursing Research Ethics Board at the University of Manitoba. Findings indicate the majority of ICU nurses who participated in this research were satisfied with their job. Multivariate analyses indicated that job satisfaction was statistically significantly associated with intent to stay.
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ICU Nursing, Critical Care Nursing, Empowerment, Job Satisfaction, Intent to Leave, Intent to Stay, Caring