title: Reasons for leaving nursing care and improvements needed for considering a return: a study among Swedish nursing personnel.
abstract: Based on two research projects in Sweden during the 1990s, the aim of this study was to identify former nursing personnel's main reasons for leaving nursing care, and to find out under what circumstances they would consider returning. Two open-ended questions in a questionnaire were analysed. The results showed that different aspects of working conditions, mainly working schedule, management and status of profession were the dominating reasons both for leaving and considering a return. The findings indicate that interventions required for retaining personnel in nursing care need to be addressed both at the political and at the local level.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Karolinska Institutet 23 300, SE-141 83 Huddinge, Sweden. katarina.sjogren@omv.ki.se
authors.forename: Katarina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sjögren
authors.forename: Grethe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fochsen
authors.forename: Malin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Josephson
authors.forename: Monica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lagerström
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002321:Career Choice; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009728:Nursing Assistants / Q000600:supply & distribution; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D010559:Personnel Management; D013548:Sweden; D017132:Workplace