Turnover intention among intensive care unit nurses in Alexandria,Egypt

Background: given the difficulty in recruiting new nurses,it is imperative to retain those already in the profession. this cross-sectional study explored the relationship of demographic and work-related factors,burnout,conflict management and relationship between nurses and physicians on turnover intentions among icu nurses in eight major hospitals in alexandria,egypt. subjects and methods: data on burnout,conflict management,nurse-physician communication,and turnover intention were collected by surveying 100 nurses in eight hospitals in alexandria governorate. all nurses at the icu of selected hospitals were approached (n = 100) and a 47-item likert scale questionnaire was administered to explore the factors affecting the turnover intention of icu nurses in alexandria. results: icu nurses exhibited a mean score for turnover intention of 3.23 (mean score percentage 65.0%). there was a moderately positive statistically significant correlation between turnover intention and emotional exhaustion (r = 0.29,p < 0.05),nurse- physician communication (r= 0.25,p < 0.05),and age (r =0.21,p < 0.05). the predicting factors for turnover intention were emotional exhaustion and age. conclusion and recommendation: nurses turnover intention at the icu of the selected hospitals is high and is significantly associated with nurses' emotional exhaustion,poor nurse-physician communication,and nurses age. © 2015 egyptian public health association.