title: Geographic mobility of Korean new graduate nurses from their first to subsequent jobs and metropolitan-nonmetropolitan differences in their job satisfaction.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Nurses are known to migrate from rural to urban areas, which may cause geographic imbalances in the workforce.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to compare new graduate nurse retention based on the type of geographic area (capital, metropolitan, and nonmetropolitan) of their first job and their job satisfaction by geographic location.
  
  
  METHODS
  The sample included 533 nursing graduates working full-time as registered nurses in hospitals or clinics. Survival analysis was conducted to compare nurse retention in three geographic locations.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Survival curves for nurses in capital and nonmetropolitan areas were significantly different. The 1-, 2-, and 3-year survival probabilities of nurses in the capital were .923, .881, and .872, respectively, whereas those in nonmetropolitan areas were .887, .776, and .672, respectively. Nurses in nonmetropolitan areas were more dissatisfied with pay (odd ratio [OR] = 1.820, p = .009), fringe benefits (OR =1.893, p = .015), employment security (OR =2.640, p = .033), and personal growth (OR =1.626, p = .045) than those in the capital.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Nurses employed in nonmetropolitan areas were more mobile and less satisfied with their jobs than those in the capital.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, Research Institute of Nursing Science, Seoul National University, South Korea. Electronic address: sunghcho@snu.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Sung-Hyun
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Kangwon National University, South Korea.
authors.forename: Ji Yun
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC.
authors.forename: Barbara A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Mark
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC.
authors.forename: Cheryl B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Jones
mesh_terms: D002947:Cities; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology; D056910:Republic of Korea; D012424:Rural Population
keywords: Migration; Mobility; New graduate; Registered nurse