Role conflict and intention to leave nursing.
To test the hypothesis that one of the reasons why nurses leave their job is that they find it difficult to meet the public expectations 246 student and qualified nurses answered a questionnaire to assess this form of role conflict. It emerged that role conflict was highest among second and third year students and that particular aspects of it were strongly related to an expressed intention to leave nursing. The implications of these findings are discussed.
D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D009729:Nursing; D012380:Role; D012938:Social Perception; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology; D006113:United Kingdom; D000078329:Workforce