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Reasons for the Intention to Leave among Nurses Working in Internal Medicine and Surgery Departments of Slovenian Hospitals – A Cross Sectional Study Cover

Reasons for the Intention to Leave among Nurses Working in Internal Medicine and Surgery Departments of Slovenian Hospitals – A Cross Sectional Study

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|Sep 2025

Figures & Tables

The results by variable and the differences between respondent groups in terms of the intention to leave the hospital or stay_

Independent variablesDependent variables

nM (SD)Leave the hospital YES M (SD)Leave the hospital NO M (SD)t (p)
Burnout (ordinal 0–6)
Emotional exhaustion93123.62 (10.589)28.14 (9.479)18.90 (9.544)15.338 (<0.001)
Aspects of satisfaction (ordinal 1–4)
Current job1.0032.96 (0.733)2.64 (0.699)3.29 (0.616)−15.427 (<0.001)
Decision to work in nursing9882.89 (0.791)2.62 (0.748)3.11 (0.754)−10.228 (<0.001)
Professional aspects of job (ordinal 1–4)7902.73 (0.675)2.43 (0.630)3.05 (0.552)−14.983 (<0.001)
Management and patient safety
Management resolve problems in patient care that I report. (ordinal 1–4)9982.57 (0.882)2.26 (0.865)2.89 (0.781)−11.927 (<0.001)
Overall grade on patient safety in my department. (ordinal 1–5)9993.54 (0.858)3.38 (0.897)3.70 (0.780)−5861 (<0.001)
Overtime hours per month (continues)85316.53 (15.237)18.70 (15.652)14.17 (14.359)4.367 (<0.001)
Quality of nursing care in department (ordinal 1–4)10053.03 (0.746)2.88 (0.790)3.19 (0.656)−6.876 (<0.001)
Readiness of patients for discharge (ordinal 1–4)10042.87 (0.664)2.74 (0.706)3.01 (0.583)−6.546 (<0.001)
Undone necessary activities (continues)10031.69 (0.244)1.66 (0.245)1.73 (0.233)−4.958 (<0.001)

Logistic regression model for intention to leave the hospital for nurses in internal medicine and surgery departments of Slovenian hospitals_

“YES, I will leave the current hospital within a year because of job dissatisfaction.”

BS.E.WalddfSig.Exp(B)95% C.I. for EXP(B)

LowerUpper
Satisfaction with current job−1.0200.26514.8741<0.0010.3610.2150.605
Management resolve problems in patient care−0.6040.15515.1811<0.0010.5470.4030.741
Overall grade on patient safety0.2100.1641.63810.2011.2340.8941.703
Emotional exhaustion0.4520.11515.4861<0.0011.5721.2551.969
Professional aspects of job−0.9190.23015.9721<0.0010.3990.2540.626
Age−0.0470.01118.7891<0.0010.9540.9340.974
Overtime hours per month0.0210.0078.04710.0051.0211.0071.037
Decision to work in nursing−0.3170.1663.62610.0570.7290.5261.009
Quality of nursing care in department0.0600.1900.10110.7501.0620.7321.541
Readiness of patients for discharge−0.0020.1940.00010.9920.9980.6821.460
Undone necessary activities0.2620.2970.77410.3791.2990.7252.327
Constant7.0201.28030.0711<0.0011119.11
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjph-2025-0021 | Journal eISSN: 1854-2476 | Journal ISSN: 0351-0026
Language: English
Page range: 160 - 166
Submitted on: May 19, 2025
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Accepted on: Jul 25, 2025
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Published on: Sep 1, 2025
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2025 Brigita Skela-Savič, Walter Sermeus, Mateja Bahun, Sanela Pivač, Tit Albreht, published by National Institute of Public Health, Slovenia
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