title: Turnover intention of graduate nurses in South Korea.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to identify the turnover intention of graduate nurses in South Korea and to explore the correlates of turnover intention.
  
  
  METHODS
  A descriptive, correlational design was used. The participants comprised 225 female nurses who were working at 13 general hospitals and who had accumulated <12 months of clinical nursing experience since their graduation. The data were collected through a structured questionnaire that was conducted from 5-31 August 2009.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean score for turnover intention was 7.51. Turnover intention was found to be related to the number of beds in the hospital, workplace, and duration of job orientation (theory and practice), instruction by a preceptor, job stress, clinical competence, self-efficacy, and the practice environment. In the multivariate approach, the practice environment, job stress, and the workplace were found to be significantly related to turnover intention and accounted for 36% of the said intention in the studied graduate nurses.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results support that the characteristics of magnet hospitals that improve the practice environment could play a critical role in retaining nurses in hospitals. Managerial interventions that enhance the practice environment, reduce job stress, and place graduate nurses in nursing units with a single specialty could benefit the hospitals employing such nurses. Further research to explore the effects of managerial strategies on graduate nurses' turnover intention is warranted.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, Pusan National University, Yangsan, South Korea. haejung@pusan.ac.kr
authors.forename: Haejung
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Yeonjung
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Hee Young
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: Youn-Wha
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Shin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology*; D006742:Hospital Bed Capacity / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010560:Personnel Selection / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011231:Preceptorship / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D056910:Republic of Korea; D020377:Self Efficacy; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult